Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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จเร

  1. Thai script form of care, which is an inflection of จร:
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural (cara, walker; frequenting)

Verb

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จเร

  1. Thai script form of care, which is an inflection of จรติ:
    1. first-person singular present/imperative middle
    2. optative active singular (carati, to walk)

Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer ចារេ (cāre, court of justice agent; investigator; inspector); ultimately from Sanskrit चर (cara, secret emissary, spy, agent; wandering, walking, roaming; etc). Doublet of จร (jɔɔn).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicจเร
t͡ɕ e r
Phonemic
จะ-เร
t͡ɕ a – e r
RomanizationPaiboonjà-ree
Royal Institutecha-re
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕa˨˩.reː˧/(R)

Noun

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จเร (jà-ree) (classifier คน)

  1. (government, now chiefly used in military and law enforcement) inspector; inspector general.

Verb

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จเร (jà-ree)

  1. (archaic, poetic) to wander; to walk; to roam.