สตรี

See also: สูตร

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́, woman). Compare Lao ສະຕີ (sa tī).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสตรี
s t r ī
Phonemic
{Reduplication}
สะ-ตฺรี
s a – t ̥ r ī
[dated]
สัด-ตฺรี
s ạ ɗ – t ̥ r ī
RomanizationPaiboonsà-dtriisàt-dtrii
Royal Institutesa-trisat-tri
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.triː˧/(R)/sat̚˨˩.triː˧/(R)

Noun

สตรี (classifier คน or นาง)

  1. woman

Usage notes

The pronunciation given by the official dictionary is sàt-dtrii (สัด-ตฺรี), but people widely read the word as sà-dtrii (สะ-ตฺรี).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • สตรี” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.