ศรี
Thai edit
Pronunciation edit
Orthographic | ศรี ɕ r ī | |
Phonemic | สี s ī | |
Romanization | Paiboon | sǐi |
Royal Institute | si | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /siː˩˩˦/(R) | |
Homophones | สี สีห์ |
Etymology 1 edit
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 (sì-rì) was derived.
Noun edit
ศรี • (sǐi)
- (elegant) glory; honour; splendor; prosperity; thriving; flourishment.
- (elegant) beauty; grace.
- (elegant) used as an honorific headword or title.
- (elegant) bodhi tree.
Proper noun edit
ศรี • (sǐi)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Khmer ស្រី (srī), ស្រីយ (srīya), ស្រិយ (sriya), ឝ្រី (śrī), ឝ្រិ (śri), ឝ្រីយ (śrīya, “woman”), from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្រី (srəy).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
ศรี • (sǐi)
- (elegant) woman.
Classifier edit
ศรี • (sǐi)
Etymology 3 edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Malay sirih (“betel; betel leaf”).
Noun edit
ศรี • (sǐi)