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語源

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/).

発音

• IPA: /kəˈmɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈkmɛə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɛə(ɹ)

固有名詞

Khmer

1. The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
   • 2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 6:

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

2. An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.

派生語

• Old Khmer

名詞

Khmer (plural Khmers or Khmer)

1. A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

同意語

• Cambodian
• Kampuchean

関連する語

形容詞

Khmer (comparative more Khmer, superlative most Khmer)

1. Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Khmer terms
• Appendix:Khmer Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Khmer

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code km, ISO 639-3 code khm (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Khmer, khm ⁠