អាវ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic អាវ ʼāv WT romanisation ʼaaw (standard) IPA(key) /ʔaːw/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ (“upper garment”).

Noun

អាវ • (ʼaaw)

1. shirt; blouse; coat; upper garment
2. amount of cloth needed to make one shirt

Etymology 2

Compare Middle Chinese 澳 (MC 'awH|'juwk), Burmese အော် (au), Mon ဩ, Thai อ่าว (àao).

Noun

អាវ • (ʼaaw)

1. estuary (of a river)
2. gulf; bay

Etymology 3

Adjective

អាវ • (ʼaaw) (abstract noun ភាពអាវ)

1. hardened; having a hard crust; crusty; difficult to cook (esp. of potatoes)
2. worthless; good-for-nothing; dumb