ក្រែង

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer ក្រេង (kreṅa), ក្រេង៑ (kreṅ, “to be fearful, afraid, frightened; to be timid, timorous; etc”). Compare Old Chinese 驚 (OC *kreŋ). Cognate with Thai เกรง (greeng), Lao ເກງ (kēng).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ក្រែង
k̥raeṅ
WT romanisation kraeng
(standard) IPA(key) /kraeŋ/

Verb

ក្រែង • (kraeng) (abstract noun ការក្រែង)

  1. to fear

Conjunction

ក្រែង • (kraeng)

  1. lest, for fear that, in case, in the event, (to fear) that
    យកអាវក្រាស់ផង ក្រែងរងា
    yɔɔk ʼaaw krah phɑɑng · kraeng rɔngiə
    Take a coat in case it's cold.
    ខ្ញុំបារម្ភក្រែងប្រឡងធ្លាក់
    khñom baarɑm kraeng prɑlɑɑng thlĕək
    I am worried that I will fail the examination.
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