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)

(anatomy) liver
(figurative) mind, spirit, soul