ព្រូន
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Khmer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)ruun (“intestinal worm”) (Shorto 2006). Cognate with Vietnamese giun, trùn.
Sakamoto (2015) derives this word, alongside regular ភ្រូណ (phruun) ~ ភ្រូណា (phruunaa, “embryo”), from Sanskrit भ्रूण (bhrūṇa, “embryo”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]ព្រូន • (pruun)