ခြေ

ခြေ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ခြေ, ကျီ
• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰè/, /t͡ɕì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkre • ALA-LC: khre • BGN/PCGN: che/kyi • Okell: hcei/ci

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, footstool”).

Noun

ခြေ • (hkre)

1. leg; foot (part of the human body)

Derived terms

• ခြေနင်း (hkrenang:, “shoe”)
• ကြက်ခြေ (krakhkre)
• ခြေထောက် (hkrehtauk)

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

1. to crush into small bits or powder

Verb

ခြေ • (hkre)

1. (poetic) to be pleasant

References

• “ခြေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.