អសុរ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali asura or Sanskrit असुर (asura).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អសុរ ʼsur Phonemic អៈ-សុល / អៈ-សុរ / អៈ-សុ-រ៉ៈ- ʼ`-sul / ʼ`-sur / ʼ`-su-r″`- WT romanisation ʼaʼsol, ʼaʼsoʼ, ʼaʼsoraʼ (standard) IPA(key) /ʔaʔ.ˈsol/ ~ /ʔaʔ.ˈsoʔ/ ~ /ʔaʔ.so.raʔ./

Noun

អសុរ • (ʼaʼsol)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) asura; māra; rākṣasa; yakṣa
2. (mythology) malevolent or dangerous and fearsome creature: demon, devil, monster, etc.
3. (figurative) brutal, fearsome, or hideous person.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• asura (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀲𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• असुर (Devanagari script)
• অসুর (Bengali script)
• අසුර (Sinhalese script)
• အသုရ or ဢသုရ (Burmese script)
• อสุร or อะสุระ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩈᩩᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອສຸຣ or ອະສຸຣະ (Lao script)
• 𑄃𑄥𑄪𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

អសុរ m

1. Khmer script form of asura