បាញ់

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Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បាញ់
pāñ´
WT romanisation bañ
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓaɲ/

Etymology 1

From Angkorian Old Khmer pañ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *paɲʔ (to shoot). Cognate with Khmu ປິຍ (piny), Halang pĕng, Mon ပန်, Pacoh pánh, Vietnamese bắn and Central Nicobarese fòin (crossbow).

Verb

បាញ់ (bañ) (abstract noun ការបាញ់)

  1. to shoot (a bow or gun), fire (a weapon) at, to aim at
  2. to kill by shooting
  3. to hunt
  4. to strike (said of lightning)
  5. to spin the kind of dice called អាប៉ោង (aapaoŋ)
  6. to direct (e.g. one's attention)
  7. to squirt, spray
  8. to shoot up (water, as a geyser), spurt up (like a geyser), bubble up, boil up
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese bánh (cake, pastry).

Noun

បាញ់ (bañ)

  1. cake, pastry
  2. plug of tobacco
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