ក្រាំង

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ក្រាំង
k̥rāṃṅ
WT romanisation krang
(standard) IPA(key) /kraŋ/

Noun

ក្រាំង • (krang)

  1. manuscript; scroll; ancient parchment book folded into several sections.
  2. (colloquial) document(s); textbook(s).
  3. (colloquial) almanac; guest book.

Etymology 2

Compare Thai กรัง (grang, “to dry off; to dry and be stuck”) (etymology 1).

Verb

ក្រាំង • (krang) (abstract noun ការក្រាំង)

  1. to bury itself in the mud (of a rhinoceros, etc).
  2. to dry oneself in the sun (of crocodiles).
  3. to lie down and die on the spot.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Angkorian Old Khmer ក្រង៑ (kraṅ), ក្រាង៑ (krāṅ), ករង៑ (karaṅ) (first attested in 979). Cognate with Thai กรัง (grang) (etymology 2).

Noun

ក្រាំង • (krang)

  1. (archaic) elevated area in a plain or lawn; hill; knoll; hillock.

Adjective

ក្រាំង • (krang) (abstract noun ភាពក្រាំង)

  1. stiff; hard; tough (of leather).
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