បារី (Khmer)
Where does "បារី" come from?
The Khmer word 'បារី' originates from the Thai term 'บุหรี่', which refers to a cigarette. This Thai word likely traces back to the Classical Persian 'بوری', meaning 'hunting horn' or 'point of a nail', chosen because early cigarettes were wrapped in leaves with a distinct pointed shape. The Persian roots themselves extend further back to Middle Persian forms like 'bōr', which originally meant 'red', 'bay', or 'blond'.
Full etymology tree
- បារី (Khmer), 'cigarette'
- borrowed บุหรี่ (bù-rìi) (Thai), 'cigarette'
- derived بوری (būrī) (Classical Persian)
- derived *bōrīg (Middle Persian)
- derived bōr (Middle Persian)
- derived *bōrīg (Middle Persian)
- derived بوری (būrī) (Classical Persian)
- borrowed บุหรี่ (bù-rìi) (Thai), 'cigarette'
Ancestors
- บุหรี่ (Thai)
Descendants and derived words
- ចានគោះបារី (Khmer)
- ជក់បារី (Khmer)
Updated August 2026
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