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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae). Attributed to the Pali term khemara (“one who is wholesome”). The elision form, ក្មេរ (kmera), is found in ancient stone inscriptions, or a borrowing from Northern Khmer เขมร (/khmɛːr/).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Khmer
- The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
- 2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 6:
- Despite my mother speaking Khmer to us at home, I hadn’t retained it through my formative years.
- An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Khmer (plural Khmers or Khmer)
- A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
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Translations
[edit]member of ethnolinguistic group
Adjective
[edit]Khmer (comparative more Khmer, superlative most Khmer)
- Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
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See also
[edit]- Wiktionary’s coverage of Khmer terms
- Appendix:Khmer Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Khmer
Further reading
[edit]- ISO 639-1 code km, ISO 639-3 code khm (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Khmer, khm
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Khmer m (plural Khmers, feminine Khmère)
- a Khmer person
Further reading
[edit]- “Khmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Khmer m or f (strong, genitive Khmer or (masculine only) Khmers, plural Khmer)
- Khmer (person)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Khmer [masculine, strong]
Declension of Khmer [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]- Rote Khmer m pl
Noun
[edit]Khmer n (strong, genitive Khmer, no plural)
- Khmer (language)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Khmer [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Khmer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Khmer” in Duden online
Khmer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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