ឬ

ឬ U+17AC, ឬ KHMER INDEPENDENT VOWEL RYY ← ឫ [U+17AB] Khmer ឭ → [U+17AD]

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic ឬ ṝ Phonemic រឺ rȳ WT romanisation rɨɨ (standard) IPA(key) /rɨː/

Etymology 1

Compare Gupta (ṛ), Devanagari पॄ (pṝ)

Letter

ឬ • (rœ)

1. Independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel ऋ (ṛ) / पॄ (pṝ)
2. Alternative form of រឺ (rɨɨ)

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer រី (rī), ("topicalizer, often marking a new subject or a displaced direct object np" and "Of, on, about, concerning, in connection with."). See also រី (rii). Compare Lao ຫຼື (lư̄), ຫລື (lư̄); Zhuang rox

Conjunction

ឬ • (rɨɨ)

1. or

Particle

ឬ • (rɨɨ)

1. (interrogative, phrase-final) isn’t that so?

Alternative forms

• រឺ (rɨɨ)