នាង

See also: នឹង and និង

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

Orthographic and Phonemic នាង nāṅ WT romanisation niəng (standard) IPA(key) /niəŋ/

Noun

នាង • (niəng)

1. Miss, young lady, girl, young woman (married or unmarried)
2. (chess) queen
3. silkworm

See also

Chess pieces in Khmer · កូនចត្រង្គ (koun caʼtrɑng) (layout · text)
ខុន (khon)	នាង (niəng)	ទូក (tuuk)	គោល (kool)	សេះ (seh)	ត្រី (trəy)

Pronoun

នាង • (niəng)

1. you, your (addressing a female younger than the speaker or very young children of either sex)
2. I, me, my (young woman speaking)
3. (perhaps derogatory) she, her (referring to a woman younger than the speaker; may be pejorative)