បាត់ដំបង

Khmer

Etymology

បាត់ (bat, to lose) + ដំបង (dɑmbɑɑng, stick), in reference to a legend about a local king losing a stick near the location of modern-day Battambang city

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បាត់ដំបង
pāt´ṭṃpṅ
WT romanisation batdɑmbɑɑng
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓat.ɗɑm.ɓɑːŋ/

Proper noun

បាត់ដំបង • (batdɑmbɑɑng)

  1. (ខេត្ត~) Battambang (a province of Cambodia)
  2. (ក្រុង~) Battambang (a city, the capital city of Battambang, Cambodia)

See also

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