ទេវទូត

Khmer

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.