ພະຍາງ

Lao

Etymology

Derived from Pali byāṅga. Cognate with Thai พยางค์ (pá-yaang), Khmer ព្យាង្គ (pyiəng).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [pʰa(ʔ˧).ɲaːŋ˧˥]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [pʰa(ʔ˧˨).ɲaːŋ˩˨]
• Hyphenation: ພະ-ຍາງ
• Rhymes: -aːŋ

Noun

ພະຍາງ • (pha nyāng)

1. (linguistics) syllable