ឬ

ឬ U+17AC, ឬ
KHMER INDEPENDENT VOWEL RYY
← ឫ
[U+17AB] 		Khmer ឭ →
[U+17AD]

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic ឬ
ṝ
Phonemic រឺ
rȳ
WT romanisation rɨɨ
(standard) IPA(key) /rɨː/

Etymology 1

Compare Gupta (ṛ), Devanagari पॄ (pṝ)

Letter

ឬ • (rœ)

  1. Independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel ऋ (ṛ) / पॄ (pṝ)
  2. Alternative form of រឺ (rɨɨ)

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer រី (rī), ("topicalizer, often marking a new subject or a displaced direct object np" and "Of, on, about, concerning, in connection with."). See also រី (rii). Compare Lao ຫຼື (lư̄), ຫລື (lư̄); Zhuang rox

Conjunction

ឬ • (rɨɨ)

  1. or

Particle

ឬ • (rɨɨ)

  1. (interrogative, phrase-final) isn’t that so?
Alternative forms
  • រឺ (rɨɨ)
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