Khmer Rouge

English

Etymology

From French Khmer rouge (“red Khmer”), from Khmer (“Khmer”) + rouge (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/, /kəˈmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/

Proper noun

Khmer Rouge

1. (historical) A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.

   Coordinate term: Democratic Kampuchea

Translations

Cambodian communist guerrilla force

• Arabic: الْخَمِير الْحُمْر m pl (al-ḵamīr al-ḥumr)
• Armenian: կարմիր քմերների pl (karmir kʻmerneri)
• Belarusian: чырво́ныя кхме́ры m pl (čyrvónyja kxmjéry)
• Bulgarian: черве́ни кхме́ри m pl (červéni khméri)
• Burmese: ခမာနီ (hka.mani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅色高棉／红色高棉 (zh) (Hóngsè gāomián), 赤柬 (Chì Jiǎn)

• Czech: Rudí Khmerové m pl
• Dutch: Rode Khmer pl
• Esperanto: Ruĝaj Kmeroj
• Finnish: punaiset khmerit (fi) pl
• French: Khmers rouges (fr) m pl
• Georgian: წითელი ქმერები pl (c̣iteli kmerebi)
• German: Rote Khmer m pl
• Greek: Ερυθροί Χμερ m pl (Erythroí Chmer)
• Hindi: ख्मेर रूज (khmer rūj)
• Hungarian: Vörös Khmer
• Icelandic: Rauðu khmerarnir m pl
• Indonesian: Khmer Merah
• Italian: Khmer rossi m pl
• Japanese: クメール・ルージュ (Kumēru-rūju)
• Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម (km) (khmae krɑhɑɑm)
• Korean: 크메르 루주 (Keumereu ruju)
• Lao: ຂະເໝນ​ແດງ (kha mēn dǣng)
• Macedonian: Црвени Кмери m pl (Crveni Kmeri)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Улаан Кхмер (Ulaan Kxmer)

• Persian: خمرهای سرخ (xamer-hâ-ye sorx)
• Polish: Czerwoni Khmerzy m pl
• Portuguese: Quemer Vermelho m, Khmer Vermelho (pt) m
• Russian: кра́сные кхме́ры m pl (krásnyje kxméry)
• Slovak: Červení Kméri m pl
• Slovene: Rdeči Kmeri m pl
• Spanish: Jemeres rojos m pl
• Swedish: röda khmererna c pl
• Thai: เขมรแดง (kà-měen dɛɛng)
• Turkish: Kızıl Kmerler pl
• Ukrainian: черво́ні кхме́ри f pl (červóni kxméry)
• Vietnamese: Khơ-me Đỏ

See also

• Killing Fields
• Democratic Kampuchea