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ชาย

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Nyah Kur

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Etymology

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Cognate with Mon သာဲ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ชาย (chaay)

  1. bee.

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicชาย
d͡ʑ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonchaai
Royal Institutechai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (male). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai, Tày chài.

Noun

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ชาย (chaai)

  1. male; man
    ชายคนนั้น
    chaai kon nán
    that man
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (eaves). Cognate with Lao ຊາຍ (sāi).

Noun

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ชาย (chaai)

  1. edge
  2. eaves
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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ชาย (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

  1. (of the afternoon sun) to decline; to be in descent

Etymology 4

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Verb

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ชาย (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

  1. (of wind) to blow gently
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Etymology 5

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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ชาย (chaai)

  1. (poetic) seemingly; rather

Further reading

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  • ชาย” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.