ခြေ

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkre • ALA-LC: khre • BGN/PCGN: che • Okell: hcei

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese ခြိယ် (khriy), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, footstool”).

Noun

ခြေ • (hkre)

  1. leg; foot (part of the human body)
Derived terms

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

  1. to crush into small bits or powder

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

  1. (poetic) to be pleasant

References
  • “ခြေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • 1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告‎, volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692:
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