ថី
Khmer
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Adverb
ថី • (thəy)
Synonyms
- ថ្វី (thvəy)
Derived terms
- ថីមិន (tʰəy mɨn)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Vietnamese thầy (“master, teacher”).
Noun
ថី • (thəy)
- (historical) secretary, government clerk, civil servant (in French colonial times, especially one who knew French; used with a proper name as a title)
- (historical) teacher (used mainly during French colonial times for those who knew French)
- (poetic) girl (variant of ស្ត្រី (strəy))