ཁྲི

Tibetan

Etymology 1

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←  10	←  1,000	10,000	100,000  →	10,000,000 (107)  →
Cardinal: ཁྲི (khri)

According to Starostin, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rij (“many”). Cognate with Chinese 師 (OC *sri), 皆 (OC *kriːl), 偕 (OC *kriːl), and Jingpho ri (“million”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kʰri/
• Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
• Batang: /ʈ͡ʂʰɪ˥˧/
• Dêgê: /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˧/
• Zêkog: /ʈ͡ʂʰə/
• Bla-Brang: /ʈ͡ʂʰə/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kʰri/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: chi^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɪ˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰə/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰə/

Numeral

ཁྲི • (khri)

1. ten thousand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot”). Cognate with Chinese 几 (OC *krilʔ), 机 (OC *kril, *krilʔ), and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kʰri/
• Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kʰri/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: chi^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/

Noun

ཁྲི • (khri)

1. seat, chair

Derived terms

• ཉལ་ཁྲི (nyal khri, “bed”)
• བང་ཁྲི (bang khri, “shelf”)