ทาย

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Thai

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Northern Thai ᨴ᩠ᩅᩤ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᨴ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ທວາຍ (thuāi) or ທາຍ (thāi), ᦑᦻ (taay), Tai Nüa ᥗᥣᥭᥳ (thȧay).

Compare Middle Khmer ទាយ (dāya, to predict, to foretell; to interpret) (whence Khmer ទាយ (tiəy)), extended as -ទំនាយ (°daṃnāya), from which Thai ทำนาย (tam-naai) is derived.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicทาย
d ā y
RomanizationPaiboontaai
Royal Institutethai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːj˧/(R)

Verb

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ทาย (taai) (abstract noun การทาย)

  1. to divine; to prophesy; to predict.
  2. (of a dream, omen, sign, etc) to interpret; to read.
  3. to ask; to put (a question); to seek an answer (for a question); to question.
  4. (of an answer, secret, feeling, etc) to guess; to figure out.
  5. (only in combination) to greet; to welcome.
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Etymology 2

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From corruption of Pali ādāya (having held; having taken).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicทาย
d ā y
RomanizationPaiboontaai
Royal Institutethai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːj˧/(R)

Verb

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ทาย (taai)

  1. (archaic, poetic) to lift, to raise, to elevate; to hold, to carry.
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Etymology 3

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From Pali dāya (gift; donation), from Sanskrit दाय (dāya, idem).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicทาย
d ā y
Phonemic
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ทา-ยะ-
d ā – y a –
RomanizationPaiboontaa-yá-
Royal Institutetha-ya-
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaː˧.ja˦˥./

Adjective

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ทาย (taai)

  1. (elegant, only in combination) given; granted.
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