ថី

See also: ថ, ថូ, ថៃ, ថា, and ថា៖

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ថី
tʰī
WT romanisation thəy
(standard) IPA(key) /tʰəj/

Etymology 1

Adverb

ថី • (thəy)

  1. why? what?
Synonyms
  • ថ្វី (thvəy)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese thầy (“master, teacher”).

Noun

ថី • (thəy)

  1. (historical) secretary, government clerk, civil servant (in French colonial times, especially one who knew French; used with a proper name as a title)
  2. (historical) teacher (used mainly during French colonial times for those who knew French)
  3. (poetic) girl (variant of ស្ត្រី (strəy))
Derived terms
  • ថីបក (theibkâ)
  • ថីបកភាសា (theibkâphéasa)
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