Khmer Dictionary

Khmer words, how to say them, and what they mean — open to read, and improved by the people who use it.

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ឍ

តួព្យញ្ជនៈទី១៤នៃអក្ខរក្រមព្យញ្ជនៈខ្មែរ និងជាតួព្យញ្ជនៈទី៤ក្នុងវគ្គទី៣។ តួព្យញ្ជនៈនេះមានអក្ខរសូរអន្តរជាតិ [tʰ] ជាព្យញ្ជនៈធ្មេញ ខ្យល់មាត់ សូរស្ទះ ធនិត អឃោសៈ។

ឍ នាម

[ឍ] tho≈

ឍាល នាម

[ឍាល] theal

ស្គរធំ; ខែល។

ឍាលិន

អ្នកមានខែល, អ្នកកាន់ខែល, ទាហានខែល គឺអ្នកចម្បាំងខែលដែលវេលាចូលច្បាំងកាន់ខែលសម្រាប់រារាំងគ្រឿងសស្ត្រាវុធនៃបច្ចាមិត្រ មិនឱ្យប៉ះពាល់ត្រូវខ្លួន។

About this dictionary

This dictionary is built on វចនានុក្រមខ្មែរ, the Khmer dictionary compiled under Samdech Chuon Nath — the reference work Cambodians have relied on for more than half a century.

Every word here carries its Khmer spelling, how it is pronounced, and what it means in Khmer. Many carry an example sentence as well, and each is also written in Latin letters so that someone who cannot yet read the script can still say it aloud.

One thing worth saying plainly: the original is a Khmer-to-Khmer dictionary, so it contains no English. We have not invented any. A wrong translation is worse than a missing one, because a reader has no way to tell it is wrong. Those fields are empty and waiting for people who actually know.

If you find a mistake, or know the English for a word that has none, please tell us. Every suggestion is read before anything changes. When one is accepted, your name goes on the word — unless you would rather it did not.

What the abbreviations mean

These appear on nearly every word. The printed dictionary never explains them — it assumes you read its opening pages.

ន. នាមnoun

កិ. កិរិយាសព្ទverb

គុ. គុណនាមadjective

គុ.កិ. គុណកិរិយាadverb

ស. សព្វនាមpronoun

ប. បុព្វបទpreposition

ឈ. ឈ្នាប់conjunction

និ. និបាតសព្ទparticle

ឧ. ឧទានសព្ទinterjection

សំ. សំស្ក្រឹតfrom Sanskrit

បា. បាលីfrom Pali

ម.ព. មើលពាក្យsee this other word

ព. ពាក្យword, expression

ស្រ. ស្រៈvowel

ព្យ. ព្យញ្ជនៈconsonant

Subject labels

គណិត. គណិតវិទ្យាmathematics

វេជ្ជ. វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រmedicine

ច្បាប់. ច្បាប់law

ពុទ្ធ. ពុទ្ធសាសនាBuddhism

តន្ត្រី. តន្ត្រីmusic

កសិ. កសិកម្មfarming

សំនួន. សំនួនវោហារfigure of speech

បុ. បុរាណarchaic

The Khmer alphabet

The 33 consonants

Every consonant belongs to one of two series. That is not decoration — the series decides how the vowel after it is read. ក and គ are the same sound; the vowel that follows them is not.

កk ខkh គk ឃkh ងng ចch ឆchh ជch ឈchh ញnh ដd ឋth ឌd ឍth ណn តt ថth ទt ធth នn បb ផph ពp ភph មm យy រr លl វv សs ហh ឡl អa

a-series o-series

Dependent vowels

Two readings each — after an a-series consonant, then after an o-series one.

◌ាa / ea

◌ិe / i

◌ីei / i

◌ឹoe / oe

◌ឺeu / eu

◌ុo / u

◌ូou / u

◌ួuo / uo

◌ើaeu / eu

◌ឿoeu / eu

◌ៀie / ie

◌េe / e

◌ែae / e

◌ៃai / ey

◌ោao / o

◌ៅav / ov

◌ំam / um

◌ះah / eah

◌ៈak / eak

Independent vowels

ឥe

ឦei

ឧo

ឩou

ឪov

ឫrue

ឬrue

ឭlue

ឮlue

ឯae

ឰai

ឱao

ឲao

ឳau

Numerals

០0

១1

២2

៣3

៤4

៥5

៦6

៧7

៨8

៩9

Marks and signs

Not letters, but they change how letters are read. Hard to look up, since most have no name a reader would know.

◌្ coeng stacks the next consonant beneath this one

◌៉ muusikatoan moves an o-series consonant to the a-series

◌៊ triisap moves an a-series consonant to the o-series

◌់ bantoc shortens the vowel before it

◌៍ toandakhiat silences the letter it sits on

◌៎ kakabat marks a calling or exclaiming tone

◌៏ ahsda keeps a short inherent vowel

◌ៗ lekto repeat the word before it

◌។ khan ends a sentence, like a full stop

◌៚ koomuut ends a whole text

␣ zero-width space invisible: marks where a line may break between words

Where this comes from

វចនានុក្រមខ្មែរ: Compiled under Samdech Chuon Nath for the Buddhist Institute. The words, the pronunciations and the Khmer meanings all come from it.
khmer-text-transliteration: By Chrea Chanchhunneng, MIT licence. The Latin spellings, where a person has checked them.

A Latin spelling marked ≈ was worked out by rule and has not been checked by a person.