ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានី
prĕəh mĕəʼhaa ksatreyaanii
The English word queen is translated into Khmer as ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានី (prĕəh mĕəʼhaa ksatreyaanii). Wiktionary also lists រាជិនី (riəcinii) and ព្រះរាជិនី (prĕəh riəcinii).
Meaning: female monarch (noun)
Ways to say it
| Khmer | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានី | prĕəh mĕəʼhaa ksatreyaanii |
| រាជិនី | riəcinii |
| ព្រះរាជិនី | prĕəh riəcinii |
| ក្សត្រិយានី | ksatreyaanii |
| មហេសី | mĕəʼheesəy |
| ព្រះមហេសី | prĕəh mĕəʼheesəy |
These terms are used to refer to a female monarch or a queen. While some terms focus on a woman ruling in her own right, others specifically denote the wife of a king.
Which one should you use?
The forms differ based on whether the woman is a reigning monarch or a consort. ក្សត្រិយានី can refer to a female monarch in her own right, whereas មហេសី specifically refers to a queen consort (the wife of a king). Regarding the term for queen, រាជិនី is a standard formal term, while ព្រះរាជិនី is the more respectful, royal version.
How do you pronounce it?
prĕəh mĕəʼhaa ksatreyaanii
Did you know?
- Khmer uses an entirely different set of vocabulary for royals called 'Rachasap', meaning that the word for 'queen' is part of a specialized linguistic register separate from everyday speech.
- While ក្សត្រិយានី refers to a female ruler, the root ក្សត្រ is the same word used for 'Kshatriya', the warrior and ruling caste in ancient Indian society.
- The term ព្រះ used in ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានី is a sacred prefix derived from the word for 'Buddha' or 'god' to indicate a divine or royal status.
Examples in context
- ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានីQueenThis sentence shows the usage of ក្សត្រិយានី.
- ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានីកំពុងធ្វើដំណើរកម្សាន្ត។preah mohaksatriyani kampong thveu dom nae komsan.The queen is traveling.
Example conversation
Two friends are discussing a history book.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyតើអ្នកស្គាល់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានីរូបនេះទេ?Te neak skoal Preah Mohaksatreyani roup nis te?Do you know this queen?
- រតនៈ Ratanakខ្ញុំមិនស្គាល់គាត់ទេ។Knhom min skoal koat te.I don't know her.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានីរូបនេះមានអំណាចខ្លាំងណាស់។Preah Mohaksatreyani roup nis mean omnach khlang nas.This queen was very powerful.
- រតនៈ Ratanakពិតជាគួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍មែន។Pit chea kuoy oy chab arom men.That is truly interesting.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “queen” translations and entries រាជិនី, ក្សត្រិយានី, មហេសី, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.
