ស្រី

Khmer

Etymology

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

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

Noun

ស្រី • (srəy)

  1. female, woman

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