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 (teityɔɔ)
  • ពីង (piing)
  • របាល (rɔbaal)
  • សាតាំង (saatang)
  • អសុរា (ʾɑɑsoriə)
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