ไข้

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *k.rajꟲ (illness; fever). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩱ ᩶, Lao ໄຂ້ (khai), ᦺᦃᧉ (ẋay²), Shan ၶႆႈ (khāi), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicไข้
ai kʰ ˆ
Phonemic
ไค่
ai g ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâi
Royal Institutekhai
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaj˥˩/(R)

Noun

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ไข้ (kâi)

  1. sickness; illness (as in คนไข้ (kon-kâi), เจ็บไข้ (jèp-kâi), ป่วยไข้).
  2. fever; pyrexia; a higher-than-normal body temperature of a person.

Derived terms

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