See also: ប្រាណ

Khmer

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa) or Pali purāṇa.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic បុរាណ
purāṇ
Phonemic បុ-រ៉ាន / បុ-រ៉ា-ណៈ-
pu-r″ān / pu-r″ā-ṇ`-
WT romanisation boraan, boraanaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓo.ˈraːn/ ~ /ɓo.raː.naʔ./

Adjective

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បុរាណ (boraan) (abstract noun ភាពបុរាណ)

  1. to be ancient, old, former, past, antique
  2. to be classical
  3. to be archaic

Noun

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បុរាណ (boraan)

  1. ancient times

Proper noun

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បុរាណ (boraan)

  1. the Puranas (collections of Hindu mythological texts)

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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បុរាណ (purāṇa)

  1. Khmer script form of purāṇa (old)

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Adjective

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បុរាណ (purāṇá) stem

  1. Khmer script form of पुराण (old)

Proper noun

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បុរាណ (purāṇá) stemn

  1. Khmer script form of पुराण (Purana)

Noun

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បុរាណ (purāṇá) stemm

  1. Khmer script form of पुराण (a measure of silver; thing of the past; an ancient)