ត្រី

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)
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