ប្រៃ

Khmer

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Khmer ปรัย.

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ប្រៃ
p̥rai
WT romanisation pray
(standard) IPA(key) /praj/

Adjective

ប្រៃ • (pray) (abstract noun ភាពប្រៃ)

  1. salty
  2. savory
  3. salted, pickled
  4. (figurative) strong, powerful

Derived terms

See also

Basic tastes in Khmer · រស (rŭəh) (layout · text)
អែម (ʼaem) អម្ពិល (ʼɑmpɨl), ជូរ (cuu) ប្រៃ (pray) ចត់ (cɑt), ល្វីង (lviing) ហឹរ (haə) ប្រៃ (pray)

References

  • ប្រៃ in Robert K. Headley, Rath Chim, Ok Soeum (1997) Cambodian-English Dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • ប្រៃ in Chuon Nath (1967) Khmer-Khmer Dictionary. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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