អប្សរា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit अप्सराः (apsarāḥ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អប្សរា
ʼp̥srā
Phonemic អ័ប-ប្សៈ-រ៉ា
ʼ˘p-p̥s`-r″ā
WT romanisation ʼappsaʼraa
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔap.pʰsaʔ.raː/

Noun

អប្សរា • (ʼappsaʼraa)

  1. Apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a class of minor Indian divinities)
  2. nymph, celestial nymph, celestial maiden

Synonyms

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