Khmer

n., pl., Khmer, or Khmers.

1. A member of a people of Cambodia whose civilization reached its height from the 9th to the 15th century.
2. The Mon-Khmer language that is the official language of Cambodia.

[Khmer.]

Khmer Khmer or Khmer'i·an adj.

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[CP]

Linguistically linked ethnic groups occupying Cambodia, southern Vietnam, and adjacent parts of Thailand, who developed an extensive but relatively short-lived empire around the turn of the 1st millennium ad, dominating their traditional areas and also Thailand and southern Laos. Their beginnings can be traced back to the 3rd millennium bc when rice cultivators moved down the Mekong into Cambodia. By 1500 bc they had developed bronze casting, and from 500 bc iron was being used. During the later 1st millennium bc the population grew, chiefdoms developed, and steps were taken to cope better with the environment. As the Khmer empire grew, water controls in the form of ditches around settlements and channels linking the fields to allow water distribution in the dry season and drainage in the wet season spread. The capital is at Angkor which during this period became a very wealthy city. Destroyed by the Thais about ad 1400.

Ancient kingdom roughly corresponding to present-day Cambodia. Though in contact with both India and China, the Khmers favoured various forms of Hinduism rather than Buddhism, which did not make any significant headway until the reign of Jayavarman VII, the founder of Angkor Wat in the early 12th century ce. There was a presence of Theravāda Buddhism thereafter, though the monastic population was decimated under the Khmer Rouge government during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - khmer
adj. - khmerer

Nederlands (Dutch)
Khmer

Français (French)
n. - Khmère
adj. - khmère

Deutsch (German)
n. - Khmer, Kambodschaner
adj. - Khmer-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - Χμερ

Italiano (Italian)
khmer

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - cambojano (m)

Русский (Russian)
кхмер

Español (Spanish)
n. - Kmer, pueblo de Camboya, idioma hablado en Camboya
adj. - perteneciente o relativo al pueblo o idioma Kmer

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - khmer
adj. - khmerisk, khmersk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
高棉人, 高棉语, 高棉人的, 高棉语的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 高棉人, 高棉語
adj. - 高棉人的, 高棉語的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 크메르인, 크메르어
adj. - 크메르인[말]의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クメール族, クメール語, クメール人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الخمير الحمر جماعه من كمبوديا (صفه) شخص ينتمي الى الخمير الحمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מממלכת חמר הקדומה או קמבודיה, שפת חמר, בן קמבודיה‬
adj. - ‮של החמרים (הקמבודים) או שפתם‬

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