រថភ្លើង

Khmer

Etymology

From រថ (rŭət, “wheeled vehicle”) +‎ ភ្លើង (phləəng, “fire”). Perhaps calque of Thai รถไฟ (rót-fai).

Pronunciation

Orthographic រថភ្លើង rtʰb̥ʰloeṅ Phonemic រថ់-ភ្លើង rtʰ´-b̥ʰloeṅ WT romanisation rŭətphləəng (standard) IPA(key) /rŭət.ˈpʰləːŋ/

Noun

រថភ្លើង • (rŭətphləəng)

1. (rail transport) train

Synonyms

• រទេះភ្លើង (rɔteh phləəng)