ខ្លែង

See also: ខ្លាំង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *laŋ ~ *laaŋ ~ *laiŋ; cognate with Bahnar klang (“eagle, hawk, kite”), Pacoh calang (“hawk”), Mang laːŋ¹, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kalâng (“hawk”) and Chong kʰlaːˀŋ.

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ខ្លែង
k̥ʰlaeṅ
WT romanisation khlaeng
(standard) IPA(key) /kʰlaeŋ/

Noun

ខ្លែង • (khlaeng)

  1. a generic term for various birds of prey, e.g. hawks, kites, eagles
  2. kite (flying toy)

Derived terms
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