បាញ់

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បាញ់ pāñ´ WT romanisation bañ (standard) IPA(key) /ɓaɲ/

Etymology 1

From Angkorian Old Khmer pañ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *paɲʔ (“to shoot”). Cognate with Khmu ປິຍ (piny), Halang pĕng, Mon ပန်, Pacoh pánh, Vietnamese bắn and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] fòin (“crossbow”).

Verb

បាញ់ • (bañ) (abstract noun ការបាញ់)

1. to shoot (a bow or gun), fire (a weapon) at, to aim at
2. to kill by shooting
3. to hunt
4. to strike (said of lightning)
5. to spin the kind of dice called អាប៉ោង (aapaoŋ)
6. to direct (e.g. one's attention)
7. to squirt, spray
8. to shoot up (water, as a geyser), spurt up (like a geyser), bubble up, boil up

Derived terms

• បរបាញ់ (bɑɑ bañ, “to hunt”)
• បាញ់ក្រុមជម្រើសជាតិ (bañ krom cumrəəh ciət, “firing squad”)
• បាញ់ខុស (bañkhoh, “to miss”)
• បាញ់ធ្លាក់ (bañ thlĕək, “to shoot down”)
• វង់បាញ់ (vŭəng bañ, “target”)

 

Affixed forms

• ប្រមាញ់ (prɑmañ)

 

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese bánh (“cake, pastry”).

Noun

បាញ់ • (bañ)

1. cake, pastry
2. plug of tobacco

Derived terms

• បាញ់កាញ់ (bañkañ)
• បាញ់ឆែវ (bañ chaew)
• បាញ់ហយ (bañhɑɑy)