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== Terms and phrases == * '''Angkor''' ({{lang|km|អង្គរ}} {{Transliteration|km|ângkôr}}) is a Khmer word meaning "city". It is a corrupted form of ''nôkôr'' ({{lang|km|នគរ}}) which derives from the Sanskrit ''nagara''. * '''Banteay''' ({{lang|km|បន្ទាយ}} {{Transliteration|km|bântéay}}) is a Khmer term meaning "[[citadel]]" or "fortress" that is also applied to walled temples. * '''Baray''' ({{lang|km|បារាយណ៍}} {{Transliteration|km|baréayn}}) literally means "open space" or "wide plain" but in Khmer architecture refers to an artificial reservoir. * '''Esvara''' or '''Isvara''' ({{lang|sa|ईश्वर्}})({{lang|km|ឥស្វរៈ}} {{Transliteration|km|ĕsvâreă}}/{{lang|km|ឦស្សរៈ}} {{Transliteration|km|eisvâreă}}) is a Sansriti term meaning "god". * '''Gopura''' ({{lang|sa|गोपुर}}) is a Sanskrit term meaning "entrance pavilion" or "gateway". * '''Jaya''' ({{lang|km|ជយ}} {{Transliteration|km|chôy}}/{{lang|km|ជ័យ}} {{Transliteration|km|choăy}}) is a prefix derived from Sanskrit meaning "victory". * '''Phnom''' ({{lang|km|ភ្នំ}} {{Transliteration|km|phnum}}) is a Khmer word meaning "mountain". * '''Prasat''' ({{lang|km|ប្រាសាទ}} {{Transliteration|km|prasat}}) is a Khmer term derived from Sanskrit ''prāsāda'' and usually meaning "monument" or "palace" and, by extension, "ancient temple". * '''Preah''' ({{lang|km|ព្រះ}} {{Transliteration|km|preăh}}) is a Khmer term meaning "God", "King" or "exalted". It can also be a prefix meaning "sacred" or "holy". Derived from Sanskrit ''vara'' (''Preah Khan'' means "sacred sword"). * '''Srei''' ({{lang|km|ស្រី}} {{Transliteration|km|srei}}) is a Khmer term with two possible meanings. Derived from Sanskrit ''strī'' it means "woman", derived from Sanskrit ''sirī'' it means "beauty", "splendor" or "glory". * '''Ta''' ({{lang|km|តា}} {{Transliteration|km|ta}}) is a Khmer word meaning "grandfather," or under some circumstances "ancestor" (''Ta Prohm'' means "Ancestor Brahma". ''[[Neak ta]]'' means "ancestors" or "ancestral spirits"). * '''Thom''' ({{lang|km|ធំ}} {{Transliteration|km|thum}}) is a Khmer word meaning "large" (''Angkor Thom'' means "large city"). * '''Varman''' ({{lang|km|វរ្ម័ន}} {{Transliteration|km|vôrmoăn}}) is a suffix, from Sanskrit ''varman'', meaning "shield" or "protector" (''Suryavarman'' means "protected by Surya, the sun-god"). * '''Wat''' ({{lang|km|វត្ត}} {{Transliteration|km|vôtt}}) is a Khmer word, derived from the [[Pali]] वत्त, ''vatta'',<ref name=KhDict /> meaning (Buddhist) "temple" (''Angkor Wat'' means "temple city").
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