Khmer

See also: khmer

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈkmɛə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Canada); [kʰəˈmɛɹ]:

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Khmer

1. 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.

2. An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.

Derived terms

• Old Khmer

Noun

Khmer (plural Khmers or Khmer)

1. A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

Synonyms

• Cambodian
• Kampuchean

Related terms

• Khmer Republic
• Khmer Rouge
• Northern Khmer

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Khmer (af), Kambodjaans (af)
• Arabic: لُغَة خِمِيرِيَّة f (luḡa ḵimīriyya), خِمِيرِيَّة f (ḵimīriyya)
• Armenian: քմեր (hy) (kʻmer)
• Belarusian: камбаджы́йская f (kambadžýjskaja), кхме́рская f (kxmjérskaja), кхме́рская мо́ва f (kxmjérskaja móva)
• Betawi: basè Khmer
• Breton: kmereg
• Bulgarian: кхме́рски ези́к m (khmérski ezík)
• Burmese: ခမာ (my) (hka.ma), ခမာဘာသာ (hka.mabhasa)
• Catalan: cambodjà (ca) m, khmer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高棉語 / 高棉语 (zh) (gāomiányǔ), 高棉文 (gāomiánwén)

• Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: khmerština f, kambodžština f
• Danish: khmer
• Dutch: Khmer (nl) n, Cambodjaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: kmera lingvo
• Finnish: khmer (fi), khmerin kieli
• French: cambodgien (fr) m, khmer (fr) m
• Galician: khmer (gl) m
• German: Kambodschanisch (de) n, Khmer-Sprache f, Khmer (de) n
• Greek: Χμερ n pl (Chmer)
• Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Gujarati: ખ્મેર (gu) (khmer)
• Hebrew: קמרית
• Hindi: ख्मेर (hi) (khmer)
• Hungarian: khmer (hu)
• Indonesian: bahasa Khmer
• Irish: Ciméiris f, Cambóidis f
• Italian: khmer (it)
• Japanese: クメール語 (ja) (クメールご, kumērugo)
• Kazakh: кхмер тілі (kxmer tılı)
• Khmer: ខ្មែរ (km) (khmêr), ភាសាខ្មែរ (phéasa khmêr)
• Korean: 크메르어 (ko) (keumereueo)
• Lao: ພາສາຂະເໝນ (phā sākha mēn), ພາສາຂະແໝ (phā sākha mǣ), ພາສາຂເມນ (phā sā kha mēn)
• Latvian: khmeru valoda f
• Low German: Kambodschaansch (nds)
• Macedonian: кмерски јазик m (kmerski jazik), кмерски јазик m (kmerski jazik)
• Malay: bahasa Khmer
• Northern Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: khmer (no)

  Bokmål: khmer (no) m

  Nynorsk: khmer m

• Persian: زبان خمر (zabân-e xamer)
• Polish: język khmerski (pl) m
• Portuguese: khmer (pt) m, quemer (pt) m, cambojano (pt) m
• Romanian: khmeră (ro) f
• Russian: кхме́рский (ru) m (kxmérskij) (язы́к), кхме́рский язы́к m (kxmérskij jazýk), камбоджи́йский (ru) m (kambodžíjskij) (язы́к)
• Slovak: kmérčina f, khmérčina f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: khmeršćina f

• Spanish: jemer (es) m, camboyano (es) m
• Swedish: khmer (sv), kambodjanska (sv)
• Tagalog: wikang Khmer
• Tajik: кҳмерӣ (tg) (khmeri)
• Thai: ภาษาเขมร (paa-sǎa kà-měen), เขมร (th) (kà-měen)
• Turkish: Khmer (tr)
• Ukrainian: кхме́рська (uk) f (kxmérsʹka), кхме́рська мо́ва f (kxmérsʹka móva)
• Uzbek: kxmer
• Vietnamese: tiếng Khơ-me, tiếng Khmer, ^{(please verify)} tiếng Miên
• Walloon: xhmer
• Welsh: Chmereg f
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

member of ethnolinguistic group

• Esperanto: kmero
• Finnish: khmer (fi)
• German: Khmer (de) m or f
• Khmer: ខ្មែរ (km) (khmêr), ជនជាតិខ្មែរ (chônchéatĕ khmêr)
• Latvian: khmers m
• Polish: Khmer (pl) m, Khmerka (pl) f
• Romanian: khmer (ro) m, khmeră (ro) f
• Russian: кхмер (ru) m (kxmer), кхме́рка (ru) f (kxmérka)

Adjective

Khmer (comparative more Khmer, superlative most Khmer)

1. Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language

• Arabic: خِمِيرِيّ (ḵimīriyy)
• Belarusian: кхме́рскі (kxmjérski)
• Bulgarian: кхме́рски (khmérski)
• Burmese: ခမာ (my) (hka.ma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高棉 (zh) (gāomián)

• Dutch: khmer (nl)
• Esperanto: kmera
• French: khmer (fr)
• German: Khmer (de)
• Hindi: ख्मेर (hi) (khmer)
• Japanese: クメール (kumēru)
• Khmer: ខ្មែរ (km) (khmae), ខេមរ (kheemaʼraʼ) (formal)
• Korean: 크메르 (keumereu)
• Lao: ຂະເໝນ (lo) (kha mēn), ຂະແໝ (kha mǣ), ຂເມນ (kha mēn)
• Latvian: khmeru pl
• Macedonian: кмерски (kmerski)
• Persian: خمر (fa) (xamer)
• Polish: khmerski (pl)
• Romanian: khmer (ro)
• Russian: кхме́рский (ru) (kxmérskij)
• Thai: เขมร (th) (kà-měen)
• Ukrainian: кхме́рський (kxmérsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Khơ-me (vi)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Khmer terms
• Appendix:Khmer Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Khmer

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code km, ISO 639-3 code khm (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Khmer, khm ⁠

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kmɛʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Khmer m (plural Khmers, feminine Khmère)

1. a Khmer person

Further reading

• “Khmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kmeːʁ/, [kmeːɐ̯], [kmɛɐ̯]

• Audio:

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Noun

Khmer m or f (strong, genitive Khmer or (masculine only) Khmers, plural Khmer)

1. Khmer (person)

Declension

Declension of Khmer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Khmer	die	Khmer
genitive	eines	des	Khmer, Khmers	der	Khmer
dative	einem	dem	Khmer	den	Khmer
accusative	einen	den	Khmer	die	Khmer

Declension of Khmer [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Khmer	die	Khmer
genitive	einer	der	Khmer	der	Khmer
dative	einer	der	Khmer	den	Khmer
accusative	eine	die	Khmer	die	Khmer

Derived terms

• Rote Khmer m pl

Noun

Khmer n (strong, genitive Khmer, no plural)

1. Khmer (language)

Declension

Declension of Khmer [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Khmer
genitive	eines	des	Khmer
dative	einem	dem	Khmer
accusative	ein	das	Khmer

Further reading

• “Khmer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Khmer” in Duden online
• Khmer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de