เพลง

See also: เพลิง

Thai

Etymology

From Middle Khmer ភ្លេង (bhleṅa, playing music; music; music ensemble), from prefix ព- (b-) + លេង (leṅa, to play), the latter likely related to Thai เล่น (lên, to play). Compare Modern Khmer ភ្លេង (phleing), Lao ເພງ (phēng), Northern Thai ᨻᩖᩮᨦ.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเพลง
eblŋ
Phonemic
เพฺลง
eb̥lŋ
RomanizationPaiboonpleeng
Royal Institutephleng
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰleːŋ˧/(R)

Noun

เพลง • (pleeng) (classifier เพลง)

  1. song; music.
    ร้องเพลง
    rɔ́ɔng pleeng
    to sing a song
    เพลงกล่อมเด็ก
    pleeng glɔ̀m dèk
    a lullaby

Derived terms

Classifier

เพลง • (pleeng)

  1. Classifier for songs.
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