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ភ្លើង

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Khmer

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Etymology

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Extended form of ឡើង (laəng, to go up, to ascend). Cognate with Northern Khmer พลฺืง and Thai เพลิง (pləəng), the latter borrowed from Old Khmer.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ភ្លើង
b̥ʰloeṅ
WT romanisation phləəng
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰləːŋ/

Noun

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ភ្លើង (phləəng)

  1. fire, flame
  2. light, flare
  3. electricity

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • ភ្លើង” in Cambodian-English Dictionary (Aggregated) (Catholic University Press 1977, Dunwoody Press 1997) (plus additional data from the Chuon Nath Khmer Dictionary (Buddhist Institute, Phnom Penh, 1966)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.