Tibetan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ཁྲི • ‎(khri)

1. seat, chair