เขมร

Thai

Alternative forms

• (poetic) แขม (kà-mɛɛ), แขมร์ (kà-mɛɛ)

Etymology

From Middle Khmer ខ្មេរ (khmer), ខ្មែរ (khmēr, “Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group”) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ក្មេរ៑ (kmeer). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เขมร e kʰ m r
Phonemic		ขะ-เหฺมน kʰ a – e h ̥ m n
Romanization	Paiboon	kà-měen
	Royal Institute	kha-men
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰa˨˩.meːn˩˩˦/(R)
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Proper noun

เขมร • (kà-měen)

1. Khmer

   ชาวเขมร

   chaao kà-měen

   Khmer (person)

   ภาษาเขมร

   paa-sǎa kà-měen

   Khmer (language)

2. (proscribed, sometimes derogatory or offensive) Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia); Cambodian

   Synonym: กัมพูชา (gam-puu-chaa)

Derived terms

• ถกเขมร

Further reading

• “เขมร” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.