បាញ់

បាញ់

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បាញ់ pāñ´ WT romanisation bañ (standard) IPA(key) /ɓaɲ/

Etymology 1

From Angkorian Old Khmer pañ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *paɲʔ (“to shoot”). Cognate with Halang pĕng, Mon ပန်, Pacoh pánh, Vietnamese bắn and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] fòin (“crossbow”).

Verb

បាញ់ • (bañ) (abstract noun ការបាញ់)

1. to shoot (a bow or gun), fire (a weapon) at, to aim at
2. to kill by shooting
3. to hunt
4. to strike (said of lightning)
5. to spin the kind of dice called អាប៉ោង (aapaoŋ)
6. to direct (e.g. one's attention)
7. to squirt, spray
8. to shoot up (water, as a geyser), spurt up (like a geyser), bubble up, boil up

Derived terms

• បរបាញ់ (bɑɑ bañ, “to hunt”)
• បាញ់ក្រុមជម្រើសជាតិ (baɲ krom cumrəəh ciet, “firing squad”)
• បាញ់ខុស (baɲ kʰoh, “to miss”)
• បាញ់ធ្លាក់ (baɲ tleak, “to shoot down”)
• វង់បាញ់ (vʊəŋ baɲ, “target”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese bánh (“cake, pastry”).

Noun

បាញ់ • (bañ)

1. cake, pastry
2. plug of tobacco