"បិសាច" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Khmer]

Forms: beysaac [romanization]
Etymology: From Pali pisāca (“a class of demons”), from Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca, “demon”). Etymology templates: {{der|km|pi|pisāca||a class of demons}} Pali pisāca (“a class of demons”), {{der|km|sa|पिशाच||demon}} Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca, “demon”) Head templates: {{km-noun}} បិសាច • (beysaac)
  1. demon, devil, ghost, phantom, ghoul, kind of evil spirit (some of these spirits are believed to suck blood, while others are believed to consume corpses)
    Sense id: en-បិសាច-km-noun-xEAtDzDA Categories (other): Khmer entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. mischievous spirit, elf, imp
    Sense id: en-បិសាច-km-noun-xXjOB-b5 Categories (other): Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes, Religion Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ទេត្យ (tɛɛt), ពីង (english: piing), របាល (rɔɔrɔbaal), សាតាំង (saatang), អសុរា (ʼaʼsoraa)
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  "word": "បិសាច"
}
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      "roman": "tɛɛt",
      "word": "ទេត្យ"
    },
    {
      "english": "piing",
      "word": "ពីង"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rɔɔrɔbaal",
      "word": "របាល"
    },
    {
      "roman": "saatang",
      "word": "សាតាំង"
    },
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      "roman": "ʼaʼsoraa",
      "word": "អសុរា"
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        ],
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  "word": "បិសាច"
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