Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer ក្រេង (kreṅa), ក្រេង៑ (kreṅ, to be fearful, afraid, frightened; to be timid, timorous; etc). Compare Old Chinese (OC *kreŋ). Cognate with Modern Khmer ក្រែង (kraeng), Lao ເກງ (kēng).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเกรง
e k r ŋ
Phonemic
เกฺรง
e k ̥ r ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongreeng
Royal Institutekreng
(standard) IPA(key)/kreːŋ˧/(R)

Verb

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เกรง (greeng) (abstract noun การเกรง)

  1. to fear; to worry.

Derived terms

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