ស្រង់

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer sroṅ, sraṅ (“to bathe; to cleanse with water; to wash; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្រង់ s̥rṅ´ WT romanisation srɑng (standard) IPA(key) /srɑŋ/

Verb

ស្រង់ • (srɑng) (abstract noun ការស្រង់)

1. to pull or fish something out (of a liquid); to save (a drowning person); to extract (e.g. an article from a newspaper); to rescue, save
2. to bathe (a Buddha statue, divinity, clergy)
3. (royal) to wash oneself (of a king or monks)