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Khmer
Etymology
From Old Chinese 娘 (OC *naŋ, “young woman”). Cognate with Thai นาง (naang), Lü ᦓᦱᧂ (naang), Tai Nüa ᥢᥣᥒᥰ (näang), Vietnamese nàng, Burmese နန်း (nan:).
Pronunciation
Noun
នាង • (niəng)
- Miss, young lady, girl, young woman (married or unmarried)
- (chess) queen
- silkworm
See also
Pronoun
នាង • (niəng)
- you, your (addressing a female younger than the speaker or very young children of either sex)
- I, me, my (young woman speaking)
- (perhaps derogatory) she, her (referring to a woman younger than the speaker; may be pejorative)
