អសុរ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali asura or Sanskrit असुर (asura).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អសុរ
ʼsur
Phonemic អៈ-សុល / អៈ-សុរ / អៈ-សុ-រ៉ៈ-
ʼ`-sul / ʼ`-sur / ʼ`-su-r″`-
WT romanisation ʼaʼsol, ʼaʼsoʼ, ʼaʼsoraʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaʔ.ˈsol/ ~ /ʔaʔ.ˈsoʔ/ ~ /ʔaʔ.so.raʔ./

Noun

អសុរ • (ʼaʼsol)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) asura; māra; rākṣasa; yakṣa
  2. (mythology) malevolent or dangerous and fearsome creature: demon, devil, monster, etc.
  3. (figurative) brutal, fearsome, or hideous person.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • asura (Latin script)
  • 𑀅𑀲𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • असुर (Devanagari script)
  • অসুর (Bengali script)
  • අසුර (Sinhalese script)
  • အသုရ or ဢသုရ (Burmese script)
  • อสุร or อะสุระ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩈᩩᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອສຸຣ or ອະສຸຣະ (Lao script)
  • 𑄃𑄥𑄪𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

អសុរ m

  1. Khmer script form of asura
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