ขลัง

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer khlāṅ (“powerful, strong; robust, vigorous”); extended as Old Khmer kuṃlāṃṅa, whence Thai กำลัง (gam-lang).

Pronunciation

Orthographicขลัง
kʰ l ạ ŋ
Phonemic
ขฺลัง
kʰ ̥ l ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonklǎng
Royal Institutekhlang
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰlaŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

ขลัง • (klǎng) (abstract noun ความขลัง)

  1. (of magic, a practitioner of magic, etc) powerful; powerfully effective; potent; mighty.
  2. (of a law, rule, etc) powerfully effective; powerfully binding.
  3. (figurative) quaint: having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm.
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