ពាន

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ពាន
bān
WT romanisation piən
(standard) IPA(key) /piən/

Etymology 1

Compare Thai พาน (paan, “to meet, to encounter”).

Verb

ពាន • (piən) (abstract noun ការពាន)

  1. to bump into, to run into, to encounter, to happen upon (esp. something unpleasant)
  2. to walk on, to step over, to pass over, to climb over; to trespass
  3. (vulgar) (of animals) to mate, to mount (a female)

Affixed forms

Etymology 2

From Middle Khmer ពាន (bāna), from Old Khmer វាន៑ (vān), វាន (vāna) (first attested in 578), possibly from Old Chinese 盤 (OC *baːn, “tray”) (Pou and Jenner, 1980-1981). Cognate with Thai พาน (paan).

Noun

ពាន • (piən)

  1. metal plate, tray
  2. small vase, cup
Derived terms
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