វណ្ណាង្គ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali វណ្ណ (vaṇṇa, “color”) + Pali អង្គ (aṅga, “body”), calque of French chromosome, itself from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic វណ្ណាង្គ
vṇ̥ṇāṅ̥g
Phonemic វ៉័ណ-ណាង
v″˘ṇ-ṇāṅ
WT romanisation vannaang
(standard) IPA(key) /ʋan.ˈnaːŋ/

Noun

វណ្ណាង្គ • (vannaang)

  1. (literary, rare) chromosome
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