Hi everyone,

Ive been trying to find some web sources that have Khmer related tattoos. I havent been very sucessfull. Im looking for some interesting Khmer scripts. Im also wondering how easy English names are translated into Khmer text..is it possible?


If anyone has any web sites or book recommendations I would appreciate it..thanks

If you need help writing an English name in Khmer, I can help.

Here are some Yantras...

ancient khmer script tat are tight. imma get it all around my arm like an arm band.

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Khmer believe they ward off evil and brings goodluck. If you want to get the authentic Khmer yantras and tantras tat, you'd have to get it the old way with the whole blessings and have to abstain from talking for three days and night. Jaya Varaman had his whole upper body tattoed with Yantra scripts.

Hanuman tattoo

^Wow, the detail is amazing. But I've never seen a Khmer hanuman with a mini trident or jakra before, he usually wields a dagger.

can you post any Hanuman tattoos? I'm thinking of getting one soon, so i want to see different kinds.

How do you feel about how the movie "Apocolypse Now" portrayed Khmer people?

i'm not familiar with this tattoo. looks like khmer script though

We were watching it in class, and my teacher said those were Mongatard(sp?) and the tempple were a little off. The Khmer got Hang or kill but the children were left. Khmer during the angkorian period didn't even were those kind of clothes so why would they wear it duing the 60's? I don't see any Kben so I think my teacher is right who a Vietnam War Fanatic.

i alway wanted to get a big bad azz khmer naga tatto on my back, anyone have cool image for it?

something like this but a little meaner and more detail

wildkhmerbuddha check these two out.. i'm sure there are drawings/paintings of the naga out there somewhere. you just gotta search for it.

Snakes with more than 1 heads do exist. May be not as many as the nagas.

khmer tattoos ..

that look tight

hello dara, I am eagerly trying to translate english to cambodian for a tattoo. Your assistance would be greatly appriciated. I want "what doesn't kill me, only makes me stronger" and "strength". I am looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

Hi. I'm Dara.




This is my translation of "what doesn't kill me, only makes me stronger" in two different fonts. Others may translate a little differently.
អ្វីដែលមិនសម្លាប់ខ្ញុំធ្វើឱ្យតែខ្ញុំខ្លាំងឡើង - avei dael min samlap kanyom thveur aoy tae kanyom khlang laeung...


If you prefer a different font style, let me know. There are several more, but the two styles I choose here are the most traditional-looking font styles.

Amazing ARTS! Very creative and original!

nether think of make some tattoo on me, now i want to do the same as you guy, Large bayon on my back ^^

NICE one! Looks good

im thinking of getting a angkor wat tatoo

Why didn't he get an Angkor-style garuda? They look so much better IMO and more realistic.

That hanuman tat is awesome. But that angkor wat tat is played out. Too many people have them

Hey guys! I'm bumping this thread back up, to ask sth..

I want to get a khmer text tattooed on my back.. one vertical line, on my spine. Do you know where I could have the sentence "You must be the change you want to see in the world.' translated?

Thanks!

Its impossible to write khmer text vertically

Yep.

I've seen it before for plaques and signs. But it looks very awkward because you are not suppose to separate the vowels or subscripts from the beginning consonant, thus giving it varying widths.




And if you wanted a short sentence with letters about 1/2 inch in height, it will from your shoulder down to your waist. I'm just guessing.

In short, Khmer was not made for vertical writing, either do it horizontally with breaks or use Chinese instead.

just have it written sideways. a lot of traditional tattoos are written vertically or along curved lines. you'll just have to tilt your head to read it.

shoehorn=master of head tilting.

no wonder i never see crossword puzzles in the khmer newspapers!

way toooo sick. that landscape type tatt is illlll as fu-k

LMAO dara

its awkward just looking at that.

Mmh, ok.. then it'll be something like this (that's arabic, but an equivalent of what I want). It's also written sideways.



And yeah, I was hoping it'll reach my waist. But, what about that text?

Hey! Can someone translate my name Sophie in Khmer?

And Dara, can you give 'What doesn't kill me makes me stronger' in other fonts?

Thx!!

សោហ្វ៊ី - sophie

អ្នកអាចហៅ​សុភី​​ក៏បានដែរ

I can't read the Khmer on my computer... What do I have to do to be able to read it?

Thnx a lot!

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Would someone be able to translate these lyrics for me?

"Here, in this spiralling darkness
Where my pleasure is your pain
Fear wraps it's arms around you
Here is where I reign"

I really want a tattoo like Angelina Jolies...but I need to find sentences that line up perfectly, like hers. Actually, does anyone know exactly what hers says? Cause I was even considering getting the same, but somewhere else on my body. But I want to know the full meaning of it first. :P

Thanks

Hello everyone,

I am wondering if anyone would be able to help me out and translate the following phrase into Khmer?

What nourishes me also destroys me.

Thank you!
Michelle

i hate tattoos with a passion

why can't they talk for 3 days/nights?

OK..I know the subject of Khmer tattoos has been talked about alot. But, I have looked and looked and haven't found what I am looking for. I want the phrase MY LOVE ALWAYS AND FOREVER in khmer script. I have one tatoo in khmer already of my husbands name, and wanted to get something else..and I don't want to ask his family, it's a surprise. Do they have websites with just phrases with english and khmer translations?

Kymer tattoos traditionally wasnt menat for show and tell they are suppose to be written magical scripts for protection, good luck etc.

Khmer looks awsome, im thinking of getting a tat down my ribs but i havnt decided what it should say.
Can any one translate my name Jakob and the word "Tattoo" and i want the text style or "font" to be as straight lines as possible and pretty fat if the khmer language have that cind of font style.

and this style if possible in khmer text http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/PHOTOALBUM/...grunge_1995.jpg


Thanks a mill!

i am hoping to get either one of these translated

"the secret of happiness is freedom. the secret of freedom is courage"

and/or

"Seeing a tiger sleep, you assume the tiger is dead; seeing a tiger crouch, you assume the tiger is kowtowing"

dat up their is the khmer yantra tattoo -Its buddhist and you got to follow da rules in order to have it

nah man...it isnt really 100% buddhist as u think it is.

yantra tattoo predates buddhism i think.

correct me if i am wrong but i thought buddhist weren't supposed to get tattoos. so technically yantra tattooes have nothing to do with buddhism.

ok i was wrong, buddhism doesn't say specifically that tattooes are wrong, its more about what culture you come from than actual beliefs.

so go out and get tattooes!

Hi Dara!
I was wondering if you could possibly translate the word "secrecy" or "secret" into khmer for me?
I would appriciate it alot, cause i want to get that tattooed
Thanks!