ខ្លៅ

Khmer

Etymology

From Middle Khmer ខ្លោវ (khlova, “ignorant; stupid; etc”) (first attested in 1704). Cognate with Thai เขลา (klǎo).

Before Middle Khmer, Headley et al. (1977) stated that it was borrowed from Thai เขลา (klǎo), whereas Chuon Nath (1966) stated that it was derived from Pali khala instead.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ខ្លៅ k̥ʰlau
WT romanisation	khlaw
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kʰlaw/

Adjective

ខ្លៅ • (khlaw) (abstract noun ភាពខ្លៅ)

to be ignorant, stupid

Affixed forms

កំលៅ (kɑmlɨw)