អង្គ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali aṅga (“constituent part, characteristic part”), from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “body, component, member, part”); perhaps via Old Khmer អង្គ (ʼaṅga), អង (ʼaṅa), អំ (ʼã, “member, part; article, item, thing; body, person”). Compare Lao ອົງ (ʼong), Thai องค์ (ong).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អង្គ ʼṅ̥g Phonemic អង់ ʼṅ´ WT romanisation ʼɑng (standard) IPA(key) /ʔɑŋ/

Noun

អង្គ • (ʼɑng)

1. body, torso, trunk; corpse
2. build, figure, appearance, form, shape
3. quality, virtue
4. (main) reason, (basic) cause, base, basis, grounds
5. quantity, amount, number
6. sort, kind, type, variety
7. group, organization, institution, establishment
8. corps (military or diplomatic)
9. Shivalinga (Indian cult object that represents the phallus of Shiva)

Classifier

អង្គ • (ʼɑng)

1. classifier for monks, clergy, exalted people, royalty, images of Buddha, deities, and letters of the alphabet

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• aṅga (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• अङ्ग (Devanagari script)
• অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• အင်္ဂ or ဢင်္ၷ or ဢင်ၷ (Burmese script)
• องฺค or อังคะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩘᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອງ຺ຄ or ອັງຄະ (Lao script)
• 𑄃𑄋𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Noun

អង្គ n

1. Khmer script form of aṅga

Declension

Declension table of "អង្គ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	អង្គំ (aṅgaṃ)	អង្គានិ (aṅgāni)
Accusative (second)	អង្គំ (aṅgaṃ)	អង្គានិ (aṅgāni)
Instrumental (third)	អង្គេន (aṅgena)	អង្គេហិ (aṅgehi) or អង្គេភិ (aṅgebhi)
Dative (fourth)	អង្គស្ស (aṅgassa) or អង្គាយ (aṅgāya) or អង្គត្ថំ (aṅgatthaṃ)	អង្គានំ (aṅgānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	អង្គស្មា (aṅgasmā) or អង្គម្ហា (aṅgamhā) or អង្គា (aṅgā)	អង្គេហិ (aṅgehi) or អង្គេភិ (aṅgebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	អង្គស្ស (aṅgassa)	អង្គានំ (aṅgānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	អង្គស្មិំ (aṅgasmiṃ) or អង្គម្ហិ (aṅgamhi) or អង្គេ (aṅge)	អង្គេសុ (aṅgesu)
Vocative (calling)	អង្គ (aṅga)	អង្គានិ (aṅgāni)