ថី

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See also: ថ, ថូ, ថៃ, ថា, and ថា៖

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ថី
tʰī
WT romanisation thəy
(standard) IPA(key) /tʰəj/

Etymology 1

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Adverb

ថី • (thəy)

  1. why? what?
    Synonym: ថ្វី (thvəy)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese thầy (“master, teacher”).

Noun

ថី • (thəy)

  1. (historical) secretary, government clerk, civil servant (in French colonial times, especially one who knew French; used with a proper name as a title)
  2. (historical) teacher (used mainly during French colonial times for those who knew French)

Etymology 3

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Noun

ថី • (thəy)

  1. (poetic) girl (variant of ស្ត្រី (strəy))
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Pali

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Noun

ថី f

  1. Khmer script form of thī (“woman”)

Declension

Declension table of "ថី" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ថី (thī)ថិយោ (thiyo) or ថី (thī)
Accusative (second)ថិំ (thiṃ) or ថិយំ (thiyaṃ)ថិយោ (thiyo) or ថី (thī)
Instrumental (third)ថិយា (thiyā)ថីហិ (thīhi) or ថីភិ (thībhi)
Dative (fourth)ថិយា (thiyā)ថីនំ (thīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)ថិយា (thiyā)ថីហិ (thīhi) or ថីភិ (thībhi)
Genitive (sixth)ថិយា (thiyā)ថីនំ (thīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)ថិយា (thiyā) or ថិយំ (thiyaṃ)ថីសុ (thīsu)
Vocative (calling)ថិ (thi)ថិយោ (thiyo) or ថី (thī)
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