បិសាច

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali pisāca (“a class of demons”), from Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca, “demon”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បិសាច pisāc Phonemic បិ-យ្សាច pi-y̥sāc WT romanisation bəysaac (standard) IPA(key) /ɓəj.ˈsaːc/

Noun

បិសាច • (bəysaac)

1. demon, devil, ghost, phantom, ghoul, kind of evil spirit (some of these spirits are believed to suck blood, while others are believed to consume corpses)
2. mischievous spirit, elf, imp

See also

• ទេត្យ (tɛɛt)
• ពីង (piing)
• របាល (rɔbaal)
• សាតាំង (saatang)
• អសុរា (ʼaʼsoraa)