เขมร

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (poetic) แขม (kà-mɛɛ), แขมร์ (kà-mɛɛ)

Etymology

From Middle Khmer ខ្មេរ (khmer), ខ្មែរ (khmēr, Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ក្មេរ៑ (kmeer). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเขมร
e kʰ m r
Phonemic
ขะ-เหฺมน
kʰ a – e h ̥ m n
RomanizationPaiboonkà-měen
Royal Institutekha-men
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˨˩.meːn˩˩˦/(R)
Audio

Proper noun

เขมร • (kà-měen)

  1. Khmer
    ชาว
    chaao kà-měen
    Khmer (person)
    ภาษา
    paa-sǎa kà-měen
    Khmer (language)
  2. (sometimes derogatory or offensive) Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia); Cambodian
    Synonym: กัมพูชา (gam-puu-chaa)