กษัตรี

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

กษัตรีย์ (gà-sàt-dtrii)
^†กระษัตรี (grà-sàt-dtrii)

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षत्री (kṣatrī), feminine form of क्षत्र (kṣatra, “kṣatriya: member of the warrior caste, the caste itself”); perhaps via Old Khmer khsatrī (“female of the kṣatriya or warrior caste: queen, princess, etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ក្សត្រី (ksɑtrii).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กษัตรี k ʂ ạ t r ī
Phonemic		กะ-สัด-ตฺรี k a – s ạ ɗ – t ̥ r ī
Romanization	Paiboon	gà-sàt-dtrii
	Royal Institute	ka-sat-tri
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ka˨˩.sat̚˨˩.triː˧/
Homophones edit		กษัตรีย์

Noun

กษัตรี • (gà-sàt-dtrii)

(elegant, literary, poetic) woman in authority, royal woman, or noblewoman: queen, empress, princess, mistress, etc.
(elegant, archaic, literary, poetic) any woman.

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