Thai edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᩅᩢᨦ, Lao ຫວັງ (wang), ᦛᧂ (v̇ang).

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Pronunciation edit

Orthographicหวัง
h w ạ ŋ
Phonemic
หฺวัง
h ̥ w ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonwǎng
Royal Institutewang
(standard) IPA(key)/waŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Verb edit

หวัง (wǎng) (abstract noun การหวัง or ความหวัง)

  1. to hope.