Where does “เพลงคร่ำครวญ” come from?

เพลงคร่ำครวญ (Thai) comes from Thai เพลง, from Middle Khmer ភ្លេង, from Khmer លេង — to play, to enjoy, to do for fun.

เพลงคร่ำครวญ (Thai): Lamentations: a book of the Bible

Definitions

  1. Lamentations: a book of the Bible

Ancestry of “เพลงคร่ำครวญ”, step by step

เพลงคร่ำครวญ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เพลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเพลงsong; music
2Middle Khmerភ្លេងplaying music; music; music ensemble
3Khmerលេងto play, to enjoy, to do for fun

via Thai คร่ำครวญ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคร่ำครวญto weep and wail; to moan and groan; to cry and...
2Thaiคร่ำold; to weep
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