Where does “ជាខ្មែរ” come from?

ជាខ្មែរ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ខ្មែរ, from Thai เขมร, from Old Khmer kmer — Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group.

ជាខ្មែរ (Khmer): in the Khmer language

Definitions

  1. in the Khmer language

Ancestry of “ជាខ្មែរ”, step by step

ជាខ្មែរ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ខ្មែរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្មែរKhmer
2ThaiเขมรKhmer
3Old KhmerkmerKhmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group

via Khmer ជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាto be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
2Thaiช้ำbruised
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