Khmer

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Pali giri, Sanskrit गिरि (giri, mountain). Cognate with Burmese ဂီရိ (giri.).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic គិរី
girī
WT romanisation kirii
(standard) IPA(key) /ki.ˈriː/

Noun

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គិរី (kirii)

  1. mountain, hill