ថី

See also: ថ, ថូ, ថៃ, ថា, and ថា៖

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ថី tʰī
WT romanisation	thəy
(standard) IPA^(key)	/tʰəj/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

ថី • (thəy)

why? what?
Synonym: 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)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ថី • (thəy)

(poetic) girl (variant of ស្ត្រី (strəy))

Derived terms

ថីបក (theibkâ)
ថីបកភាសា (theibkâphéasa)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

thī (Latin script)
𑀣𑀻 (Brahmi script)
थी (Devanagari script)
থী (Bengali script)
ථී (Sinhalese script)
ထီ or ထဳ (Burmese script)
ถี (Thai script)
ᨳᩦ (Tai Tham script)
ຖີ (Lao script)
𑄗𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

ថី f

Khmer script form of thī (“woman”)

Declension

Declension table of "ថី" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ថី (thī)	ថិយោ (thiyo) or ថី (thī)
Accusative (second)	ថិំ (thiṃ) or ថិយំ (thiyaṃ)	ថិយោ (thiyo) or ថី (thī)
Instrumental (third)	ថិយា (thiyā)	ថីហិ (thīhi) or ថីភិ (thībhi)
Dative (fourth)	ថិយា (thiyā)	ថីនំ (thīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ថិយា (thiyā)	ថីហិ (thīhi) or ថីភិ (thībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ថិយា (thiyā)	ថីនំ (thīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ថិយា (thiyā) or ថិយំ (thiyaṃ)	ថីសុ (thīsu)
Vocative (calling)	ថិ (thi)	ថិយោ (thiyo) or ថី (thī)