เวียง

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Thai[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Khmer វាង៑ (vāṅ), វាង្ង៑ (vāṅṅ), វង៑ (vaṅ, “enclosure; citadel, fort, fortress, stronghold; palace; to encircle, to enclose, to surround; to bar, to block; to screen, to shield; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa(a)ŋ (“enclosure”).[1] Cognate with Lao ວຽງ (wīang), Northern Thai ᩅ᩠ᨿᨦ (wiang), Lü ᦵᦞᧂ (veng), Shan ဝဵင်း (wáeng). Doublet of วง (wong) and วัง (wang).

Modern Khmer វៀង (viəng, “city, metropolis, capital”) is a reborrowing from Thai or Lao "wiang".

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic/Phonemicเวียง
e w ī y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonwiiang
Royal Institutewiang
(standard) IPA(key)/wia̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

เวียง • (wiiang)

  1. (now dialect) polity, as city or town, especially one that is walled or fortified.
  2. (now dialect) urban area.

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Proper noun[edit]

เวียง • (wiiang)

  1. (historical) (กรม~) one of the four chief ministries of the kingdoms of Ayutthaya, Thon Buri, and Rattanakosin, in charge of security of the capital city and its environs, led by a minister titled เจ้าพระยายมราช (jâao-prá-yaa-yom-má-râat).

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 767. p. 233
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