ហេង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ហេង
heṅ
WT romanisation heeng
(standard) IPA(key) /heːŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Teochew 興 / 兴 (hêng1, “lucky; fortunate”). Compare Thai เฮง (heng), English heng, Vietnamese hên.

Adjective

ហេង • (heeng) (abstract noun ភាពហេង)

  1. to be lucky, successful
Derived terms
  • ហេងស៊យ (héngsôy)

Proper noun

ហេង • (heeng)

  1. Heng, a surname

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 烘 (hang / hong).

Adjective

ហេង • (heeng) (abstract noun ភាពហេង)

  1. (in a few compounds only) to be hot, burning
Derived terms
  • ហេងហាង (heenghaang)
  • ក្ដៅហេង (kdawheeng)
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