ក្រុង

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer ក្រុង៑ (kruṅ), ក្រុង (kruṅa), កុរុង៑ (kuruṅ, “to rule, to govern; king, prince; ruler, governor; head, chief, master; kingdom, realm; city-state; etc”); ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kruŋ (“to confine”). Cognate with Thai กรุง (grung), Lao ກຸງ (kung).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic	ក្រុង k̥ruṅ
WT romanisation	krong
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kroŋ/

Noun edit

ក្រុង • (krong)

city, town, municipality (administrative divisions)
king; realm

Synonyms edit

ទីក្រុង (tii krong)

Derived terms edit

កូនក្រុង (kounkrong)
ក្រុងតូច (krongtouc)

See also edit

បុរី (borəy)

Verb edit

ក្រុង • (krong) (abstract noun ការក្រុង)

to lock up, confine, put into a cage, to catch something by putting a net or other container over it, to cover
to protect, to take care of

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