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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicศรี
ɕ r ī
Phonemic
สี
s ī
RomanizationPaiboonsǐi
Royal Institutesi
(standard) IPA(key)/siː˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesสี
สีห์

Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit श्री (śrī, wealth; goddess of wealth, that is, Lakṣmī); possibly via Old Khmer śrī, śri, śrīya, srī, srīya, sri, sriya, siri, , si, sīya, siya, se (beauty, splendor, radiance, glory, majesty, etc; also used as an honorific headword). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្រី (srəy).

Compare Pali siri (idem), from which Thai สิริ (sì-rì) was derived.

Noun

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ศรี (sǐi)

  1. (elegant) glory; honour; splendor; prosperity; thriving; flourishment.
  2. (elegant) beauty; grace.
  3. (elegant) used as an honorific headword or title.
  4. (elegant) bodhi tree.

Proper noun

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ศรี (sǐi)

  1. (Hinduism) (พระ~) Lakṣmī, goddess of wealth.

Etymology 2

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From Middle Khmer ស្រី (srī), ស្រីយ (srīya), ស្រិយ (sriya), ឝ្រី (śrī), ឝ្រិ (śri), ឝ្រីយ (śrīya, woman), from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្រី (srəy).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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ศรี (sǐi)

  1. (elegant) woman.

Classifier

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ศรี (sǐi)

  1. (poetic) Classifier for persons.

Etymology 3

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Semi-learned borrowing from Malay sirih (betel; betel leaf).

Noun

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ศรี (sǐi)

  1. (elegant, somewhat archaic) betel.
  2. (royal) (พระ~) paan.