กะหรี่

Thai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) กะหลี่
• (misspelled) กระหรี่ (grà-rìi), กรี่ (grìi), กะรี่

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กะหรี่ k a h r ī ˋ
Phonemic		กะ-หฺรี่ k a – h ̥ r ī ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	gà-rìi
	Royal Institute	ka-ri
(standard) IPA(key)		/ka˨˩.riː˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

From aphaeresis and corruption of ช็อกการี (chɔ́k-gaa-rii) or ช็อกกะรี (chɔ́k-gà-rii, “prostitute”), ultimately from Hindi छोकरी (chokrī, “young girl”).

Noun

กะหรี่ • (gà-rìi)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) prostitute

Synonyms

• See โสเภณี (sǒo-pee-nii).

Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Tamil கறி (kaṟi, “curry”).

Noun

กะหรี่ • (gà-rìi)

1. (แกง~) curry:
   1. pungent dish of vegetables, meat or fish, etc, flavoured with various spices or curry powder
   2. any dish flavoured with curry powder or the like
2. (ผง~) curry powder

Derived terms

• กะหรี่ปั๊บ (gà-rìi-bpáp)

Further reading

• “กะหรี่” 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.