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)

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)
mischievous spirit, elf, imp

See also

ទេត្យ (tɛɛt)
ពីង (piing)
របាល (rɔbaal)
សាតាំង (saatang)
អសុរា (ʼaʼsoraa)

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