ཁྲི

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Tibetan numbers ^(edit)

←  10	←  1,000	10,000	100,000  →	10,000,000 (107)  →
Cardinal: ཁྲི (khri)

According to Starostin, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rij (“many”). Cognate with Chinese 師 (OC *sri), 皆 (OC *kriːl), 偕 (OC *kriːl), and Jingpho ri (“million”).

Numeral

1. ten thousand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot”). Cognate with Chinese 几 (OC *krilʔ), 机 (OC *kril, *krilʔ), and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).

Noun

1. seat, chair

Derived terms

• ཉལ་ཁྲི (nyal khri, “bed”)
• བང་ཁྲི (bang khri, “shelf”)