พวง
Thai
Etymology
Perhaps from Old Khmer pvaṅa, pūṅa (“mass, cluster, clump; whole, all”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពួង (puəng).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | พวง b w ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | puuang |
| Royal Institute | phuang | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰua̯ŋ˧/ | |
Noun
พวง • (puuang)
- cluster; bunch; string.
- (slang) testis.
- (zoology) (ปลา~) sultan fish: the fish Leptobarbus hoeveni of the family Cyprinidae.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- พวงมโหตร
- พวงมาลัย (puuang-maa-lai)
- พวงมาลา