Khmer edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya), សយ្យ (sayya, excellent) (first attested in 1579 as sayya), from Pali seyya (better; excellent). Compare Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas). Cognate with Thai ไสย (sǎi).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic សៃយ
saiy
Phonemic សៃ
sai
WT romanisation say
(standard) IPA(key) /saj/

Adjective edit

សៃយ (say) (abstract noun ភាពសៃយ)

  1. to be supreme, excellent, prominent, outstanding