ទ្រូង

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Angkorian Old Khmer drvaṅ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer droṅ. The etymon comprised of prefixal element /d-/ and an unattested root *roṅ (/roːŋ/) (Jenner, 2009). Jenner further compares this to ទ្រុង (trung, “cage”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ទ្រូង
d̥rūṅ
WT romanisation truung
(standard) IPA(key) /truːŋ/

Noun

ទ្រូង • (truung)

  1. (anatomy) chest (thorax)
  2. center, middle
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