បាត់ដំបង

Khmer

Etymology

បាត់ (bat, “to lose”) +‎ ដំបង (dɑmbɑɑng, “stick”), in reference to a legend about a local king losing a stick near the location of modern-day Battambang city

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	បាត់ដំបង pāt´ṭṃpṅ
WT romanisation	batdɑmbɑɑng
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ɓat.ɗɑm.ɓɑːŋ/

Proper noun

បាត់ដំបង • (batdɑmbɑɑng)

(ខេត្ត~) Battambang (a province of Cambodia)
(ក្រុង~) Battambang (a city, the capital city of Battambang, Cambodia)