ခြေ

Burmese

Pronunciation

Phonetic respellings: ခြေ, ကျီ

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰè/, /t͡ɕì/

Romanization: MLCTS: hkre • ALA-LC: khre • BGN/PCGN: che/kyi • Okell: hcei/ci

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, footstool”).

Noun

ခြေ • (hkre)

foot (part of the human body)

Derived terms

ကြက်ခြေ (krakhkre)
ခြေထောက် (hkrehtauk)

Etymology 2

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

to crush into small bits or powder

Etymology 3

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

(poetic) to be pleasant

References

“ခြေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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