សៃយ

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya), សយ្យ (sayya, “excellent”) (first attested in 1579 as sayya), from Pali seyya (“better; excellent”). Compare Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas). Cognate with Thai ไสย (sǎi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic សៃយ
saiy
Phonemic សៃ
sai
WT romanisation say
(standard) IPA(key) /saj/

Adjective[edit]

សៃយ • (say) (abstract noun ភាពសៃយ)

  1. to be supreme, excellent, prominent, outstanding
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