មេត្រី

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit मैत्र (maitra, friendship).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic មេត្រី
met̥rī
WT romanisation meitrəy
(standard) IPA(key) /mei.ˈtrəj/

Noun edit

មេត្រី (meitrəy)

  1. friendliness, friendship
  2. love, compassion
  3. peaceful relations, close relations
  4. bead tree, peacock tree (Adenanthera microsperma)

See also edit

Verb edit

មេត្រី (meitrəy) (abstract noun ការមេត្រី)

  1. to like, love