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ศรี

noun

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1
n.

honour

2
n.

glory; fame; renown

Built from

Borrowed 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. Borrowed 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). Semi-learned borrowing from Malay sirih (“betel; betel leaf”).

From Wiktionary

1
(Hinduism)

(พระ~) Lakṣmī, goddess of wealth

2
n. · (formal)

glory; honour; splendor; prosperity; thriving; flourishment

3
n. · (formal)

beauty; grace

4
n. · (formal)

used as an honorific headword or title

5
n. · (formal)

bodhi tree

6
n. · (formal)

woman

7
n. · (archaic, formal)

betel

8
n.

(พระ~) paan

9
cls. · (poetic)

Classifier for persons.