គ្រោង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គ្រោង g̥roṅ WT romanisation kroong (standard) IPA(key) /kroːŋ/

Etymology 1

Verb

គ្រោង • (kroong) (abstract noun ការគ្រោង)

1. to plan, draft, prepare

Noun

គ្រោង • (kroong)

1. structure, shape, form, frame

Affixed forms

• គម្រោង (kumroong), គំរោង (kumroong)

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer ក្រោង៑ (kroṅ), ក្រង៑ (kraṅ, “high; huge”). Cognate with Thai โคร่ง (krôong), Lao ໂຄ່ງ (khōng).

Adjective

គ្រោង • (kroong) (abstract noun ភាពគ្រោង)

1. to be huge, enormous, excessively high

Affixed forms

• ចង្គ្រោង (cɑngkroong)​