Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From សាយ (saay, to disperse, to scatter) with infixed -r-. Compare also រាយ (riəy), រសាយ (rɔsaay).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្រាយ
s̥rāy
WT romanisation sraay
(standard) IPA(key) /sraːj/

Verb edit

ស្រាយ (sraay) (abstract noun ការស្រាយ)

  1. to untie, to undo, to untangle
  2. to solve, to explain, to clarify
  3. to translate, to decode

Noun edit

ស្រាយ (sraay)

  1. sapwood