ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ

Khmer

Etymology

Alliterative reduplication of ធ្ងន់ (thngŭən, “heavy”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ d̥ʰṅn´d̥ʰṅr WT romanisation thngŭən thngɔɔ (standard) IPA(key) /tʰŋŭən ˈtʰŋɔː/

Adjective

ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ • (thngŭən thngɔɔ) (abstract noun ភាពធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ)

1. to be serious, grave, heavy (of a sentence, symptoms)
2. to be patient, enduring