Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From លាញ (liəñ, to be destroyed) with prefixed p- (causative). cognate with Thai ผลาญ (plǎan)

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ផ្លាញ
p̥ʰlāñ
WT romanisation phlaañ
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰlaːɲ/

Verb edit

ផ្លាញ (phlaañ) (abstract noun ការផ្លាញ)

  1. to destroy, to devastate, to annihilate

Affixed forms edit