ត្រី

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See also: តារា

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ត្រី
t̥rī
WT romanisation trəy
(standard) IPA(key) /trəj/

Etymology 1

Extended form of រេ (rei, to change, shift, stir), with the original meaning of "to wiggle, to swing". Related to ដំរី (dɑmrəy, elephant).

Noun

ត្រី (trəy)

  1. fish
  2. (chess) pawn
Derived terms
See also
Chess pieces in Khmer · កូនចត្រង្គ (koun caʼtrɑng) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
ខុន (khon) នាង (niəng) ទូក (tuuk) គោល (kool) សេះ (seh) ត្រី (trəy)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit त्रि (tri).

Prefix

ត្រី (trəy)

  1. tri-, three, triple (prefix used in words of Indic origin)