យួន

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Old Khmer យ្វន (yvan, “Vietnam; Vietnamese”), ultimately from Hindi यवन (yavan, “foreigner”). Compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer យោន (yon), Thai ญวน (yuuan), Burmese ယွန်း (ywan:).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យួន yuan WT romanisation yuən (standard) IPA(key) /juən/

Proper noun

យួន • (yuən)

1. (derogatory) Vietnam
2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Vietnamese people

Related terms

• កន្ទប (kɑntɔɔp)
• វៀតណាម (viətnaam)

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: duồn