អង្គរ

Khmer

Etymology

From Middle Khmer អង្គរ (ʼaṅgara, “city, especially a royal city”), from metathesis of Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city, town”). Doublet of នគរ (nɔkɔɔ, “kingdom”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic អង្គរ
ʼṅ̥gr
WT romanisation ʼɑngkɔɔ
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔɑŋ.ˈkɔː/

Noun

អង្គរ • (ʼɑngkɔɔ)

  1. thickly forested flood plain near a lake
  2. city, capital city (used in many placenames)
    អង្គរវត្ត  ―  ʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət  ―  Angkor Wat
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