ព្រះអង្គ

Khmer

noun
Definitions
  • (of a god, religious personage, high priest, or royal person) body.
  • an honorific for or term of address to a god, religious personage, high priest, or royal person.

Etymology

Compound from Central Khmer ព្រះ (Lord, excellent, etc, precious, Buddha, divine) + Central Khmer relating to them (etc, form, body, being)+ Central Khmer អង្គ derived from Old Khmer braḥ ʼaṅga.

Origin

Old Khmer

braḥ ʼaṅga

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