ហាង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ហាង hāṅ WT romanisation haang (standard) IPA(key) /haːŋ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ហាង៑ (hāṅ) (first attested in c. 578-777).

Adjective

ហាង • (haang) (abstract noun ភាពហាង)

1. hot; pungent (as onions, garlic, mustard, etc).
2. bitter; acrid; sharp tasting (as a wild bamboo shoot).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Thai หาง (hǎang).

Noun

ហាង • (haang)

1. tail.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Teochew 行 (hang5, “shop, store”). Cognate with Thai ห้าง (hâang), Lao ຫ້າງ (hāng), Vietnamese hàng.

Noun

ហាង • (haang)

1. shop, store

Derived terms

• ហាងបាយ (haang baay, “restaurant”)
• ហាងសៀវភៅ (haang siəw phɨw, “bookshop”)

See also

• ផ្ទះ (phtĕəh)