ទេវទូត

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Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic ទេវទូត
devdūt
Phonemic ទេ-វៈ-ទូត
de-v`-dūt
WT romanisation teivĕəʼtuut
(standard) IPA(key) /tei.ʋĕəʔ.tuːt/

Noun

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ទេវទូត (teivĕəʼtuut)

  1. (Buddhism) divine messengers, angels who assume the form of servants in order to accomplish a certain task. In Buddhist teachings, they appeared to Prince Siddhartha as: an elderly person (old age), a sick person (illness), a corpse (death) and an ascetic.