ឧបរាជ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer ឩប្បរាជ (ūpparāja, “vice king”); ultimately from Pali uparāja, from upa- (“inferior; deputy; vice”) +‎ rāja (“king”); or ultimately from Sanskrit उपराज (uparāja), from उप- (upa-, “inferior; deputy; vice”) +‎ राज (rāja, “king”). Cognate with Thai อุปราช (ùp-bpà-ràat); Burmese ဥပရာဇာ (u.pa.raja); Lao ອຸບປະຫຣາດ (ʼup pa rāt), ອຸປະລາດ (ʼu pa lāt).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ឧបរាជ
uprāj
Phonemic អ៊ុ-ប៉ៈ-រ៉ាច / អុ-ប៉ៈ-រ៉ាច
ʼ′u-p″`-r″āc / ʼu-p″`-r″āc
WT romanisation ʼupaʼraac, ʼopaʼraac
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔu.paʔ.raːc/ ~ /ʔo.paʔ.raːc/

Noun

ឧបរាជ • (ʼupaʼraac)

  1. deputy king, crown prince, viceroy

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ឧបរាជ m

  1. Khmer script form of uparāja (“deputy king”)

Declension

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