ទិវារាត្រីសួស្តី
Tivea reatrey suosdey
ទិវារាត្រីសួស្តី (Tivea reatrey suosdey) is the way to say good evening in Khmer.
Meaning: greeting said in the evening (intj)
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
ទិវារាត្រីសួស្តី is a formal way to say good evening, in casual settings, people often just use the general greeting សួស្តី.
How do you pronounce it?
Tivea reatrey suosdey
Did you know?
- The word សួស្តី in the phrase comes from the Pali word svasti, which shares the same root as the Sanskrit word svastika, meaning 'well-being' or 'good fortune'.
- If you want to be truly traditional, a greeting like this is often accompanied by the សំពះ (sampeah), which is the act of placing your palms together near your chest in a prayer-like gesture.
- In Cambodia, the height of the hands during a sampeah changes based on the social status of the person you are greeting with ទិវារាត្រីសួស្តី.
Example conversation
Two colleagues meet at a restaurant for dinner.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyទិវារាត្រីសួស្តី រតនៈ!Tivara ratrei suostei Ratanak!Good evening, Ratanak!
- រតនៈ Ratanakទិវារាត្រីសួស្តី ស្រីនី។Tivara ratrei suostei Sreyne.Good evening, Sreyne.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyតើអ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ?Tae neak sok sabbay te?Are you doing well?
- រតនៈ Ratanakខ្ញុំសុខសប្បាយទេ អរគុណ។Knhom sok sabbay te, orkun.I am doing well, thank you.
