ព្រេង

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Khmer

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Etymology

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Cognate with Thai เพรง (preeng).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ព្រេង
b̥reṅ
WT romanisation preing
(standard) IPA(key) /preiŋ/

Adjective

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ព្រេង (preing) (abstract noun ភាពព្រេង)

  1. to be old, ancient, antique
  2. to be legendary
    រឿងព្រេង  ―  rɨəng preing  ―  a fairy tale

Noun

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ព្រេង (preing)

  1. the past, antiquity; tradition
  2. fate, chance
    ផ្សងព្រេង  ―  phsɑɑng preing  ―  to take a chance, a risk