ភ្លៀង

See also: ភ្លើង and ភ្លេង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pliɲ ~ *[p]liiɲ ~ *[p]liəɲ (“sky”). Cognate with Bahnar plĕnh, Western Katu plɛŋ, War-Jaintia [Amwi] pʰliaŋ, Mang pliɲ⁶, Riang [Sak] pleŋ¹ and Chong [of Chantaburi] pʰlɨŋ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ភ្លៀង b̥ʰliaṅ WT romanisation phliəng (standard) IPA(key) /pʰliəŋ/

Noun

ភ្លៀង • (phliəng)

1. rain

Derived terms

• ព្យុះភ្លៀង (pyuh phliəng)
• រដូវភ្លៀង (rɔdəw phliəng)

Verb

ភ្លៀង • (phliəng) (abstract noun ការភ្លៀង)

1. to rain