Khmer
See also: khmer
English
Etymology
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)/
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IPA(key): [kʰəˈmɛɹ](file)
Noun
Khmer (countable and uncountable, plural Khmer or Khmers)
- (uncountable) The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
- (countable) A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
- An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
language
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member of ethnolinguistic group
Adjective
Khmer (comparative more Khmer, superlative most Khmer)
- Of or pertaining to Khmer people or their language.
Translations
of or pertaining to Khmer people or their language
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See also
- Appendix:Khmer Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Khmer
Further reading
- (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Khmer|Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Khmer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.]].
Categories:
- English terms derived from Pali
- English terms borrowed from Northern Khmer
- English terms derived from Northern Khmer
- English 2-syllable words
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English adjectives
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