ថ្លើម

Khmer

Etymology

From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer [script needed] (tleṃ) /tʰlɤːm/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁ləəm ~ *t₁luəm (“liver”).

This term probably acquired its figurative sense from some Indo-Aryan source. Compare Latin iecur (“liver; the seat of the soul”), Hindi जिगर (jigar, “liver; heart, mind, spirit”), Urdu جِگَر (jigar, “liver; heart, mind, spirit”) and Gujarati જિગર (jigar, “liver; heart, mind, spirit”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ថ្លើម t̥ʰloem WT romanisation thlaəm (standard) IPA(key) /tʰlaəm/

Noun

ថ្លើម • (thlaəm)

1. (anatomy) liver
2. (figurative) mind, spirit, soul