ដួង

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ដួង
ṭuaṅ
WT romanisation duəng
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗuəŋ/

Etymology 1

Compare Thai ดวง (duuang).

Noun

ដួង • (duəng)

  1. globe, sphere, disk (of the moon), circle, round object
  2. essence, core, central part
  3. dear one, darling, beloved one

Classifier

ដួង • (duəng)

  1. classifier for globes, spheres, and stars

Proper noun

ដួង • (duəng)

  1. Duong, a surname

Etymology 2

Compare Thai ด้วง (dûuang) for sense 1 and Thai พดด้วง for sense 2.

Noun

ដួង • (duəng)

  1. palm worm, grub
  2. ancient Khmer monetary unit shaped like palm worm
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