ស្ត្រី

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 ស្ត្រី
s̥t̥rī
Phonemic ស្ត្រី / សៈ-ត្រី
s̥t̥rī / s`-t̥rī
WT romanisation strəy, saʾtrəy
(standard) IPA(key) /strəj/ ~ /saʔ.ˈtrəj/

Noun

ស្ត្រី • (strəy)

  1. woman, lady, girl
  2. women
  3. the female sex

Synonyms
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