ស្រី

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ស្រី
s̥rī
WT romanisation srəy
(standard) IPA(key) /srəj/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́, “woman, wife, feminine”), from Proto-Indo-European *eys- (“used to form words denoting passion”). Cognate with Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros).

Noun

ស្រី • (srəy)

  1. female, woman
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Etymology 2

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

Noun

ស្រី • (srəy)

  1. Alternative form of សិរី (serəy): beauty, luck, glory

Proper noun

ស្រី • (srəy)

  1. a female given name, Srey
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