រាក្ស័ស

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa) with conceivably some influence from Pali rakkhasa.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រាក្ស័ស rāk̥s˘s WT romanisation riəksah (standard) IPA(key) /riə.ˈkʰsah/

Noun

រាក្ស័ស • (riəksah)

1. (Hindu mythology, Hinduism) rakshasa

Synonyms

• រក្សសៈ (rĕəʼksaʼsaʼ)