បុរាណ

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See also: ប្រាណ

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa) or Pali purāṇa.

Pronunciation

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

បុរាណ (boraan) (abstract noun ភាពបុរាណ)

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

Noun

បុរាណ (boraan)

  1. ancient times

Proper noun

បុរាណ (boraan)

  1. the Puranas (collections of Hindu mythological texts)

Derived terms

See also

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

បុរាណ (purāṇa)

  1. Khmer script form of purāṇa (old)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Adjective

បុរាណ (purāṇá) stem

  1. Khmer script form of पुराण (old)

Proper noun

បុរាណ (purāṇá) stemn

  1. Khmer script form of पुराण (Purana)

Noun

បុរាណ (purāṇá) stemm

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