Where does “កម្ពុជាក្រោម” come from?

កម្ពុជាក្រោម (Khmer) comes from Khmer កម្ពុជា, from Pali kamboja, from Sanskrit काम्बोज, from Hindi कम्बोज — Kamboj.

កម្ពុជាក្រោម (Khmer): Kampuchea Krom, southern portion of Vietnam that was formerly Cambodian territory

Definitions

  1. Kampuchea Krom, southern portion of Vietnam that was formerly Cambodian territory

Ancestry of “កម្ពុជាក្រោម”, step by step

កម្ពុជាក្រោម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer កម្ពុជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកម្ពុជាKampuchea
2Palikamboja
3Sanskritकाम्बोजborn in or coming from Kamboja; a native of...
4Hindiकम्बोजKamboj

via Khmer ក្រោម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្រោមunder; below; beneath

Words derived from “កម្ពុជាក្រោម

Every word from Hindi कम्बोजEvery word from Sanskrit काम्बोजEvery word from Pali kamboja
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