ศรี

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicศรี
ɕrī
Phonemic
สี
sī
RomanizationPaiboonsǐi
Royal Institutesi
(standard) IPA(key)/siː˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesสี
สีห์

Etymology 1

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

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

ศรี • (sǐi)

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

Etymology 2

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

  • สรี (srǐi), สรีย, สรีย์ obsolete

Noun

ศรี • (sǐi)

  1. (elegant) woman.

Classifier

ศรี • (sǐi)

  1. (poetic) Classifier for persons.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

ศรี • (sǐi)

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