អប្សរា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit अप्सरा (apsarā)

Pronunciation
Orthographic អប្សរា
ʾp̥srā
Phonemic អ័ប-សៈ-រ៉ា / អ័ប-ប្សៈ-រ៉ា
ʾ˘p-s`-r″ā / ʾ˘p-p̥s`-r″ā
WT romanisation ʾapsaʾraa, ʾappsaʾraa
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔap.saʔ.raː/ ~ /ʔap.pʰsaʔ.raː/

Noun

អប្សរា • (ʾapsaʾraa)

  1. Apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a class of minor Indian divinities)
  2. nymph, celestial nymph, celestial maiden

Synonyms
  • ទេពអប្សរ (tép’âbsâr)
  • ស្រីទេពអប្សរ (sreitép’âbsâr)
  • អច្ឆរា (ʾɑɑcchɑɑriə)
  • អប្សរ (ʾɑpsɑɑ)
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