អង្គ

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali aṅga (constituent part, characteristic part), from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, body, component, member, part); perhaps via Old Khmer អង្គ (ʼaṅga), អង (ʼaṅa), អំ (ʼã, member, part; article, item, thing; body, person). Compare Lao ອົງ (ʼong), Thai องค์ (ong).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic អង្គ
ʼṅ̥g
Phonemic អង់
ʼṅ´
WT romanisation ʼɑng
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔɑŋ/

Noun

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អង្គ (ʼɑng)

  1. body, torso, trunk; corpse
  2. build, figure, appearance, form, shape
  3. quality, virtue
  4. (main) reason, (basic) cause, base, basis, grounds
  5. quantity, amount, number
  6. sort, kind, type, variety
  7. group, organization, institution, establishment
  8. corps (military or diplomatic)
  9. Shivalinga (Indian cult object that represents the phallus of Shiva)

Classifier

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អង្គ (ʼɑng)

  1. classifier for monks, clergy, exalted people, royalty, images of Buddha, deities, and letters of the alphabet

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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អង្គ n

  1. Khmer script form of aṅga

Declension

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