Khmer

Meanings

Noun

• The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
• A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
• An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to Khmer people or their language.

Related

Similar words

• Cambodian
• Kampuchean

Origin

• Attributed to the Pali term khemara; the elision form, ក្មេរ, is found in ancient stone inscriptions, or a borrowing from Northern Khmer เขมร.