អប្សរា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit अप्सरा (apsarā)

Pronunciation

Orthographic អប្សរា ʼp̥srā Phonemic អ័ប-សៈ-រ៉ា / អ័ប-ប្សៈ-រ៉ា ʼ˘p-s`-r″ā / ʼ˘p-p̥s`-r″ā WT romanisation ʼapsaʼraa, ʼappsaʼraa (standard) IPA(key) /ʔap.saʔ.raː/ ~ /ʔap.pʰsaʔ.raː/

Noun

អប្សរា • (ʼapsaʼraa)

1. Apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a class of minor Indian divinities)
2. nymph, celestial nymph, celestial maiden

Synonyms

• ទេពអប្សរ (tépʼâbsâr)
• ស្រីទេពអប្សរ (sreitépʼâbsâr)
• អច្ឆរា (ʼacchaʼraa)
• អប្សរ (ʼappsɑɑ)