វៀង

Khmer

Etymology

Reborrowed from Thai เวียง (wiiang), from Old Khmer vāṅ, vāṅṅ, vaṅ (“enclosure, citadel, stronghold, palace”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa(a)ŋ (“enclosure”). Doublet of វាំង (vĕəng, “to enclose, citadel, place”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic វៀង viaṅ WT romanisation viəng (standard) IPA(key) /ʋiəŋ/

Noun

វៀង • (viəng)

1. walled town, city wall
2. capital, metropolis
3. palace