វណ្ណាង្គ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali វណ្ណ (vaṇṇa, “color”) + Pali អង្គ (aṅga, “body”), calque of French chromosome, itself from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic វណ្ណាង្គ vṇ̥ṇāṅ̥g Phonemic វ៉័ណ-ណាង v″˘ṇ-ṇāṅ WT romanisation vannaang (standard) IPA(key) /ʋan.ˈnaːŋ/

Noun

វណ្ណាង្គ • (vannaang)

1. (literary, rare) chromosome