ភួង

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reborrowed from Thai พวง (puuang), itself from Old Khmer ប្វង (pvaṅa), បូង (pūṅa, mass, cluster; whole, all), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *buəŋ (bunch, collection). Cognates include the doublet ពួង (puəng, all), Vietnamese buồng (bunch).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic ភួង
bʰuaṅ
WT romanisation phuəng
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰuəŋ/

Noun[edit]

ភួង (phuəng)

  1. garland; bouquet (of flowers)

Proper noun[edit]

ភួង (phuəng)

  1. a female given name, Phuong