This very same word can also mean "slave" and dancers were in fact known as knhom preah robam, or "slaves of the sacred dance."
و الكلمة ذاتها لها معنى اخر وهي "عبد" الراقصون كانوا يعرفون بإسم خونوم بريهيبام أو "عبيد الرقصة المقدسة"