ศรี

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ศรี ɕ r ī
Phonemic		สี s ī
Romanization	Paiboon	sǐi
	Royal Institute	si
(standard) IPA(key)		/siː˩˩˦/(R)
Homophones edit		สี 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, sī, 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.