ศรี

Thai

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • †สรี (srǐi)
  • †สี (sǐi)

Pronunciation
Orthographicศรี
ɕ r ī
Phonemicสี
s ī
RomanizationPaiboonsǐi
Royal Institutesi
(standard) IPA(key)/siː˩˩˦/
Homophonesสี
สีห์

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “wealth; goddess of wealth, that is, Lakṣmī”); possibly via Old Khmer śrī, śri, śrīya, srī, srīya, sri, sriya, siri, sī, si, sīya, siya, se (“beauty, splendor, radiance, glory, majesty, etc; also used as an honorific headword”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្រី (srəy).

Compare Pali siri (“idem”), from which Thai สิริ was derived.

Noun

ศรี • (sǐi)

  1. (elegant) glory; honour; splendor; prosperity; thriving; flourishment.
  2. (elegant) beauty; grace.
  3. (elegant) used as an honorific headword or title.
  4. (elegant) bodhi tree.

Proper noun

ศรี • (sǐi)

  1. (Hinduism) (พระ~) Lakṣmī, goddess of wealth.

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer srī, srīya, sriya, śrī, śri, śrīya (“woman”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្រី (srəy).

Noun

ศรี • (sǐi)

  1. (elegant) woman.

Classifier

ศรี • (sǐi)

  1. (poetic) Classifier for persons.

Etymology 3

From Malay sirih (“betel; betel leaf”).

Noun

ศรี • (sǐi)

  1. (elegant, somewhat archaic) betel.
  2. (royal) (พระ~) paan.
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