ខ្លែង

See also: ខ្លាំង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *laŋ ~ *laaŋ ~ *laiŋ; cognate with Bahnar klang (“eagle, hawk, kite”), Pacoh calang (“hawk”), Mang [laːŋ¹], Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kalâng (“hawk”) and Chong [kʰlaːˀŋ].

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ខ្លែង k̥ʰlaeṅ
WT romanisation	khlaeng
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kʰlaeŋ/

Noun

ខ្លែង • (khlaeng)

kite (bird of prey)
kite (flying toy)

Derived terms

ខ្លែងព្នង (khlaengpnɔɔng)