ခြေ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰè/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkre • ALA-LC: khre • BGN/PCGN: che • Okell: hcei

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese ခြိယ် (khriy), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, footstool”).

Noun

ခြေ • (hkre)

1. leg; foot (part of the human body)

Derived terms

• ခြေနင်း (hkrenang:, “shoe”)
• ကြက်ခြေ (krakhkre)
• ခြေထောက် (hkrehtauk)

Etymology 2

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

1. to crush into small bits or powder

Etymology 3

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

1. (poetic) to be pleasant

References

• “ခြေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• 1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告‎^[1], volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: