ថេរ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali thera.

Pronunciation

Orthographic ថេរ tʰer Phonemic ថេរ / ថេ-រ៉ៈ tʰer / tʰe-r″` WT romanisation thee, theeraʼ (standard) IPA(key) /tʰeː/ ~ /tʰeː.ˈraʔ/

Noun

ថេរ • (thee)

1. (Buddhism) Thera, a senior monk who has been ordained for at least 10 years

Adjective

ថេរ • (thee) (abstract noun ភាពថេរ)

1. firm, solid, enduring, lasting

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• thera (Latin script)
• 𑀣𑁂𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• थेर (Devanagari script)
• থের (Bengali script)
• ථෙර (Sinhalese script)
• ထေရ (Burmese script)
• เถร or เถระ (Thai script)
• ᨳᩮᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຖຣ or ເຖຣະ (Lao script)
• 𑄗𑄬𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

ថេរ m

1. Khmer script form of thera (“elder”)

Declension

Declension table of "ថេរ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ថេរោ (thero)	ថេរា (therā)
Accusative (second)	ថេរំ (theraṃ)	ថេរេ (there)
Instrumental (third)	ថេរេន (therena)	ថេរេហិ (therehi) or ថេរេភិ (therebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ថេរស្ស (therassa) or ថេរាយ (therāya) or ថេរត្ថំ (theratthaṃ)	ថេរានំ (therānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ថេរស្មា (therasmā) or ថេរម្ហា (theramhā) or ថេរា (therā)	ថេរេហិ (therehi) or ថេរេភិ (therebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ថេរស្ស (therassa)	ថេរានំ (therānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ថេរស្មិំ (therasmiṃ) or ថេរម្ហិ (theramhi) or ថេរេ (there)	ថេរេសុ (theresu)
Vocative (calling)	ថេរ (thera)	ថេរា (therā)

Adjective

ថេរ

1. Khmer script form of thera

Declension

Declension table of "ថេរ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ថេរោ (thero)	ថេរា (therā)
Accusative (second)	ថេរំ (theraṃ)	ថេរេ (there)
Instrumental (third)	ថេរេន (therena)	ថេរេហិ (therehi) or ថេរេភិ (therebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ថេរស្ស (therassa) or ថេរាយ (therāya) or ថេរត្ថំ (theratthaṃ)	ថេរានំ (therānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ថេរស្មា (therasmā) or ថេរម្ហា (theramhā) or ថេរា (therā)	ថេរេហិ (therehi) or ថេរេភិ (therebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ថេរស្ស (therassa)	ថេរានំ (therānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ថេរស្មិំ (therasmiṃ) or ថេរម្ហិ (theramhi) or ថេរេ (there)	ថេរេសុ (theresu)
Vocative (calling)	ថេរ (thera)	ថេរា (therā)

Declension table of "ថេរី" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ថេរី (therī)	ថេរិយោ (theriyo) or ថេរី (therī)
Accusative (second)	ថេរិំ (theriṃ) or ថេរិយំ (theriyaṃ)	ថេរិយោ (theriyo) or ថេរី (therī)
Instrumental (third)	ថេរិយា (theriyā)	ថេរីហិ (therīhi) or ថេរីភិ (therībhi)
Dative (fourth)	ថេរិយា (theriyā)	ថេរីនំ (therīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ថេរិយា (theriyā)	ថេរីហិ (therīhi) or ថេរីភិ (therībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ថេរិយា (theriyā)	ថេរីនំ (therīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ថេរិយា (theriyā) or ថេរិយំ (theriyaṃ)	ថេរីសុ (therīsu)
Vocative (calling)	ថេរិ (theri)	ថេរិយោ (theriyo) or ថេរី (therī)

Declension table of "ថេរ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ថេរំ (theraṃ)	ថេរានិ (therāni)
Accusative (second)	ថេរំ (theraṃ)	ថេរានិ (therāni)
Instrumental (third)	ថេរេន (therena)	ថេរេហិ (therehi) or ថេរេភិ (therebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ថេរស្ស (therassa) or ថេរាយ (therāya) or ថេរត្ថំ (theratthaṃ)	ថេរានំ (therānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ថេរស្មា (therasmā) or ថេរម្ហា (theramhā) or ថេរា (therā)	ថេរេហិ (therehi) or ថេរេភិ (therebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ថេរស្ស (therassa)	ថេរានំ (therānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ថេរស្មិំ (therasmiṃ) or ថេរម្ហិ (theramhi) or ថេរេ (there)	ថេរេសុ (theresu)
Vocative (calling)	ថេរ (thera)	ថេរានិ (therāni)