ဒးရး

Mon

Etymology

ဒး (daḥ, “(to be) correct”) +‎ ရး (raḥ, “expletive”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA(key): /tɛ̤h rɛ̤h/[1]
  • (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA(key): /tɛ̤əh rɛ̤əh/[2]

Adjective

ဒးရး (daḥ raḥ)

  1. appropriate, right[3][2]
    Synonym: ဒး (daḥ)
  2. eminently suitable[1]
  3. orderly[2]

See also
  • (eminently suitable): ဒးဖစပ် (daḥ phacap), ဒးဗစပ် (daḥ bacap)

References
  1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ရး”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “ဒး; ဒးရး; [ဒး] ရး”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 454, 460, 881
  3. อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary] (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: คณะกรรมการทุนพระนาอนุมานราชธน, page 92
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