"ខ្មែរ" meaning in Khmer

See ខ្មែរ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: Km-ខ្មែរ.ogg Forms: khmae [romanization], ខ្មេរ [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Khmer ខ្មេរ (khmeer), ខ្មែរ (khmae), from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ក្មេរ៑ (kmeer, “Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group”) (first attested in c. 578). Cognate with Thai เขมร (kà-měen). Etymology templates: {{inh|km|xhm|ខ្មេរ|tr=khmeer}} Middle Khmer ខ្មេរ (khmeer), {{inh|km|okz-pre|ក្មេរ៑|gloss=Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group|tr=kmeer}} Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ក្មេរ៑ (kmeer, “Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group”), {{cog|th|เขมร}} Thai เขมร (kà-měen) Head templates: {{km-proper noun}} ខ្មែរ • (khmae)
  1. Khmer person Categories (place): Countries in Asia
    Sense id: en-ខ្មែរ-km-name-194~6T7A Disambiguation of Countries in Asia: 62 38 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44
  2. Khmer, Cambodian
    Sense id: en-ខ្មែរ-km-name-ZPJhnqj2 Categories (other): Khmer entries with incorrect language header, Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Cambodia, Languages Disambiguation of Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Cambodia: 0 100 Disambiguation of Languages: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ខេមរៈ (kheemaʼraʼ) [formal]

Alternative forms

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