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khmer Khmer-
English
km
Etymology
From the French romanization of en km ខ្មែរ.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈmɛɹ/ /kəˈmaɪ/ GA,CA
en en-ca-Khmer.ogg CA [kʰəˈmɛɹ]
en /kəˈmɛː/ /kmɛː/ /kəˈmɛə/ /kmɛə/ RP
en En-uk-Khmer.ogg UK
en ɛə(ɹ) 1
Proper noun
The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
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An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.
Derived terms
en Old Khmer
Noun
s *
A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
Synonyms
en Cambodian
en Kampuchean
Related terms
en Khmer Rouge Khmer Republic Northern Khmer
Translations
language
Afrikaans: af Khmer, af Kambodjaans
Arabic: ar لُغَة خِمِيرِيَّة f luḡa ḵimīriyya, ar خِمِيرِيَّة f
Armenian: hy քմեր
Belarusian: be камбаджы́йская f, be кхме́рская f, be кхме́рская мо́ва f
Betawi: bew basè Khmer
Breton: br kmereg
Bulgarian: bg кхмерски m кхме́рски ези́к
Burmese: my ခမာ, my ခမာဘာသာ
Catalan: ca cambodjà m, ca khmer m
Cherokee: chr ᎩᎻᎷ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 高棉語 gāomiányǔ, cmn 高棉文 gāomiánwén
Czech: cs khmerština f, cs kambodžština f
Danish: da khmer
Dutch: nl Khmer n, nl Cambodjaans n
Esperanto: eo kmera lingvo
Finnish: fi khmer, fi khmerin kieli
French: fr cambodgien m, fr khmer m
Galician: gl khmer m
German: de Kambodschanisch n, de Khmer-Sprache f, de Khmer n
Greek: el Χμερ n-p
Gujarati: gu ખ્મેર
Hebrew: he קמרית
Hindi: hi ख्मेर
Hmong:
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: cqd
Green Hmong: hnj
White Hmong: mww
Hungarian: hu khmer
Indonesian: id bahasa Khmer
Irish: ga Ciméiris f, ga Cambóidis f
Italian: it khmer
Japanese: ja クメール語 クメールご, kumērugo
Kazakh: kk кхмер тілі
Khmer: km ខ្មែរ khmêr, km ភាសាខ្មែរ phéasa khmêr
Northern Khmer: kxm
Korean: ko 크메르어
Lao: lo ພາສາຂະເໝນ, lo ພາສາຂະແໝ, lo ພາສາຂເມນ phā sā kha mēn
Latvian: lv khmeru valoda f
Low German: nds Kambodschaansch
Macedonian: mk кмерски кмерски јазик m, mk кмерски јазик m
Malay: ms bahasa Khmer
Norwegian: no khmer
Bokmål: nb khmer m
Nynorsk: nn khmer m
Persian: fa زبان خمر zabân-e xamer
Polish: język pl khmerski m
Portuguese: pt khmer m, pt quemer m, pt cambojano m
Romanian: ro khmeră f
Russian: ru кхме́рский m язы́к, ru кхме́рский язы́к m, ru камбоджи́йский m язы́к
Slovak: sk kmérčina f, sk khmérčina f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb khmeršćina f
Spanish: es jemer m, es camboyano m
Swedish: sv khmer, sv kambodjanska
Tagalog: tl wikang Khmer
Tajik: tg кҳмерӣ
Thai: th ภาษาเขมร paa-sǎa kà-měen, th เขมร
Turkish: tr Khmer
Ukrainian: uk кхме́рська f, uk кхме́рська мо́ва f
Uzbek: uz kxmer
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Khơ-me, vi tiếng Khmer, vi tiếng Miên
Walloon: wa xhmer
Welsh: cy Chmereg f
Zhuang: za
member of ethnolinguistic group
Esperanto: eo kmero
Finnish: fi khmer
German: de Khmer m f
Khmer: km ខ្មែរ khmêr, km ជនជាតិខ្មែរ chônchéatĕ khmêr
Latvian: lv khmers m
Polish: pl Khmer m, pl Khmerka f
Romanian: ro khmer m, ro khmeră f
Russian: ru кхмер m, ru кхме́рка f
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
Translations
of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Arabic: ar خِمِيرِيّ
Belarusian: be кхме́рскі
Bulgarian: bg кхме́рски
Burmese: my ခမာ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 高棉 gāomián
Dutch: nl khmer
Esperanto: eo kmera
French: fr khmer
German: de Khmer
Hindi: hi ख्मेर
Japanese: ja クメール kumēru
Khmer: km ខ្មែរ, km ខេមរ formal
Korean: ko 크메르
Lao: lo ຂະເໝນ, lo ຂະແໝ, lo ຂເມນ
Latvian: lv khmeru p
Macedonian: mk кмерски
Persian: fa خمر xamer
Polish: pl khmerski
Romanian: ro khmer
Russian: ru кхме́рский
Thai: th เขมร
Ukrainian: uk кхме́рський
Vietnamese: vi Khơ-me
See also
km
Further reading
1 km khm
khm
en Ethnonyms Languages Writing systems
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Khmer.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>)
Noun
m +
a Khmer person
Further reading
fr Cambodia Ethnonyms Nationalities
German
Pronunciation
de /kmeːʁ/ [kmeːɐ̯] [kmɛɐ̯]
de De-Khmer.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m:f,-:s[masculine only],-
Khmer person
Declension
m,-:s.datpl:-
f,-.datpl:-
Derived terms
de Rote Khmer m-p
Noun
n,-.sg
Khmer language
Declension
n,-.sg
Further reading
de
de Demonyms