សេរី

See also: សិរិ, ស្រែ, ស្រី, សូរ, ស្រា, and សួរ

Khmer

Alternative forms

• សេរ (see)
• ស្វៃរី (svayrii)

Etymology

From Pali serin, from Sanskrit स्वैरिन् (svairin, “free, independent”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សេរី serī Phonemic សេ-រ៉ី se-r″ī WT romanisation seerəy (standard) IPA(key) /seː.ˈrəj/

Adjective

សេរី • (seerəy) (abstract noun ភាពសេរី)

1. to be free
2. to be disobedient
3. to do something without permission

Noun

សេរី • (seerəy)

1. freeman, free person, independent person, person who controls his own destiny

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• serī (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑁂𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• सेरी (Devanagari script)
• সেরী (Bengali script)
• සෙරී (Sinhalese script)
• သေရီ or သေရဳ (Burmese script)
• เสรี (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩁᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສຣີ (Lao script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄢𑄩 (Chakma script)

Adjective

សេរី (serī)

1. Khmer script form of serī, which is inflection of សេរិន៑:
   1. nominative singular masculine
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural masculine/neuter (serin, “independent”)