Khmer Definition

kmâr
khmers
noun
A member of a people of Cambodia that had a highly developed civilization that reached its peak in the 12th cent.
Webster's New World
The Mon-Khmer language of this people, also spoken in NE Thailand and S Vietnam.
Webster's New World
pronoun

The national language of Cambodia part of the Mon-Khmer language family.

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

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

Wiktionary

Origin of Khmer

  • Attributed to the Pali term Khemara (“one who is wholesome”); the elision form, ក្មេរ (Kmera), is found in ancient stone inscriptions.

    From Wiktionary

  • Khmer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Khmer Sentence Examples

  • As early as the 12th century B.C., Chinese chronicles, which are almost the only source for the history of Cambodia till the 5th century A.D., mention a region called Fou-nan, in later times appearing under the name of Tchin-la; embracing the basin of the Menam, it extended eastwards to the Mekong and may be considered approximately coextensive with the Khmer kingdom.

  • Any difficulties were chiefly created by the Khmer Rouge, who were unwilling to co-operate.

  • The name Kambuja, whence the European form Cambodia, is derived from the Hindu Kambu, the name of the mythical founder of the Khmer race; it seems to have been officially adopted by the Khmers as the title of their country about this period.

  • These aggressions were continued in the 15th century, in the course of which the capital was finally abandoned by the Khmer kings, the ruin of the country being hastened by internal revolts and by feuds between members of the royal family.

  • The gradual evolution of the Siamese (Thai) from the fusion of Lao-Tai and Khmer races has been mentioned above.

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