តំឡឹង

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer តំលិង (taṃliṅa), តំលីង (taṃlīṅa), តំម្លិង (taṃmliṅa), តំម្លីង (taṃmlīṅa), តម្លិង (tamliṅa, “weight for precious metals; coin, probably of silver”). Cognate with Modern Thai ตำลึง (dtam-lʉng), Lao ຕຳລຶງ (tam lưng).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic តំឡឹង tṃḷẏṅ WT romanisation tɑmləng (standard) IPA(key) /tɑm.ˈləŋ/

Noun

តំឡឹង • (tɑmləng)

1. a traditional Cambodian unit of weight, equal to 10 ជី (cii)