បារាំង

Khmer

Etymology

Ultimately from French France or franc (“Frank”). Compare Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “non-Asian foreigner, usually Caucasian”), Hindi फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī, “foreigner”), Persian فرنگ (farang, “Frank; foreigner”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បារាំង pārāṃṅ Phonemic បា-រ៉័ង pā-r″˘ṅ WT romanisation baarang (standard) IPA(key) /ɓaː.ˈraŋ/

Noun

បារាំង • (baarang)

1. France (a country in Western Europe); French

   ភាសាបារាំង  ―  phiəsaa baarang  ―  French (language)

   ប្រទេសបារាំង  ―  prɑteih baarang  ―  France (country)

2. French person
3. (ethnic slur) European person