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Khmer

//kəˈmɛə(ɹ)// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.

    "Despite my mother speaking Khmer to us at home, I hadn’t retained it through my formative years."

  2. 2
    An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
  2. 2
    the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of the predominant ethnic group in Cambodia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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/).

Etymology 2

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/).

Etymology 3

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/).

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