វង់

See also: វែង and វាំង

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer វាង៑ (vāṅ), វាង្ង៑ (vāṅṅ), វង៑ (vaṅ, “enclosure; citadel, fort, fortress, stronghold; palace; to encircle, to enclose, to surround; to bar, to block; to screen, to shield; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa(a)ŋ (“enclosure”). Doublet of វាំង (vĕəng), ពាំង (pĕəng), and វៀង (viəng).

វង់ is also the allomorph of modern ពង់ (pŭəng, “to puff up”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	វង់ vṅ´
WT romanisation	vŭəng
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ʋŭəŋ/

Verb

វង់ • (vŭəng) (abstract noun ការវង់)

to surround, go around, encircle
to draw a circle, make a circle around something

Noun

វង់ • (vŭəng)

circle, circular place, circuit
group, company, troop, team (especially of theatrical players or people playing a game)
field, sphere
ring, hoop
disc, medallion, round slice
a game played by throwing a lead disk at a pile of money in the center of a circle (the distance of the throw is standardized and the thrower who knocks the money out of the circle wins it)

Derived terms

វង់បាញ់ (vŭəng bañ, “target”)

Classifier

វង់ • (vʊəŋ)

classifier for circular objects such as rings and groups of people sitting in a circle (card players, children playing a game, etc.)

Affixed forms

ក្រវង់ (krɑvŭəng)
ខ្វង់ (khvɑng)
រង្វង់ (rŭəngvŭəng)