Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ដួង
ṭuaṅ
WT romanisation duəng
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗuəŋ/

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Thai ดวง (duuang).

Noun edit

ដួង (duəng)

  1. globe, sphere, disk (of the moon), circle, round object
  2. essence, core, central part
  3. dear one, darling, beloved one

Classifier edit

ដួង (duəng)

  1. classifier for globes, spheres, and stars

Proper noun edit

ដួង (duəng)

  1. Duong, a surname

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Thai ด้วง (dûuang) for sense 1 and Thai พดด้วง for sense 2.

Noun edit

ដួង (duəng)

  1. palm worm, grub
  2. ancient Khmer monetary unit shaped like palm worm