Khmer

[ kmair, kuh-mair ]

noun

1. a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.
2. an Austroasiatic language that is the official language of Cambodia.

Khmer

/ kmɜː; kmɛə /

noun

1. a member of a people of Cambodia, noted for a civilization that flourished from about 800 ad to about 1370, remarkable for its architecture
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family: the official language of Cambodia

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Derived Forms

• ˈKhmerian, adjective

Example Sentences

Over the years, she learned to recognize these moments as scars of the Khmer Rouge-led violence and genocide that had overrun the country less than three decades earlier, between 1975 and 1979.

From Salon

Applications are available online in 10 languages — English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese — and printed versions can be found at DMV offices.

From Los Angeles Times

“AI cannot replace human compassion, empathy, and transparency, meaningful gestures and tones,” said Rithy Lim, a Fresno-based medical and legal interpreter for 30 years who specializes in Cambodian and Khmer languages.

From Los Angeles Times

After Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978 to throw out the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, it was isolated and sanctioned by China and the West, and depended heavily on Soviet assistance.

From BBC

The Khmer Times, an online news platform, quoted the head of the Health Department of Phnom Penh, the capital, saying there had been no heat-related deaths or collapses.

From Seattle Times