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Khmer
Khmer comes from okz-pre ក្មេរ៑ ‘Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group’.
- okz-premodernក្មេរ៑kmeer‘Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group’
- xhmmodernខ្មេរkhmeer
- Khmermodernខ្មែរkhmae
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Khmer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- okz-premodernក្មេរ៑kmeer‘Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group’
- xhmmodernខ្មេរkhmeer
- Khmermodernខ្មែរkhmae
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Khmer
Earliest quotation: 2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time: “Despite my mother speaking Khmer to us at home,…”
Every English word from okz-pre ក្មេរ៑
Today it means
name The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / okz-pre ក្មេរ៑ / Khmer