បារាំង

Khmer

Etymology

Ultimately from French France or franc (Frank). Compare Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, non-Asian foreigner, usually Caucasian), Hindi फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī, foreigner), Persian فرنگ (farang, Frank; foreigner).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បារាំង
pārāṃṅ
Phonemic បា-រ៉័ង
pā-r″˘ṅ
WT romanisation baarang
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓaː.ˈraŋ/

Noun

បារាំង • (baarang)

  1. France (a country in Western Europe); French
    ភាសាបារាំង   phiəsaa baarang   French (language)
    ប្រទេសបារាំង   prɑteih baarang   France (country)
  2. French person
  3. (ethnic slur) European person
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