ដូង
doung
The Khmer word for coconut is ដូង (doung).
ដូង refers to the fruit of the coco palm.
Meaning: fruit of coco palm (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is doung.
Did you know?
- Traditional Khmer medicine uses parts of the ដូង for various ailments, treating the fruit as both a food source and a pharmacy.
- The coconut tree is so central to rural life that ដូង appears in various colloquialisms and folk tales as a symbol of versatility and sustenance.
- In Khmer markets, you will see ដូង sold in a variety of states, and the terminology changes depending on whether it is the husk, the shell or the kernel being sold.
Examples in context
- ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តញ៉ាំទឹកដូង។khnhom chol chet nham tuek doung.I like to drink coconut water.
- មានដូងច្រើននៅលើតុ។mean doung chreun nov leu tok.There are many coconuts on the table.
- តើដូងនេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?tae doung nih thlai ponman?How much is this coconut?
Example conversation
Vibol and Chinda are at a local market.
- ចិន្តា Chindaវិបុល មើលដូងនេះ ស្រស់ណាស់!Vibol mer doung nih sros nas!Vibol, look at this coconut, it's very fresh!
- វិបុល Vibolបាទ ចិន្តា ទិញយកទៅខ្លះទៅ។Bat Chinda tinh yok tov khlae tov.Yes Chinda, buy some to take home.
- ចិន្តា Chindaខ្ញុំចង់ទិញដូងបីផ្លែ។Knhom chong tinh doung bey phlae.I want to buy three coconuts.
- វិបុល Vibolល្អហើយ ខ្ញុំនឹងជួយកាន់។Lo or hey, knhom neng chuoy kan.That's good, I will help carry them.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “coconut” translations and entries ដូង, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
