ชี
Thai
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Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemic | ชี d͡ʑ ī | |
Romanization | Paiboon | chii |
Royal Institute | chi | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰiː˧/(R) |
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit jī (“an honorific title”), according to the Royal Institute Dictionary 2011; but more likely to be from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., or from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "mkh-okm-P" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., or from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "mkh-okm-A" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., and thus cognate with Modern Khmer ជី (cii). Perhaps cognate with or borrowed as Lao ຊີ (sī).
Alternative forms
Noun
ชี • (chii) (classifier คน or ตน or รูป)
- (archaic, irrespective of the sex) priest.
- (แม่~, นาง~, ยาย~) female priest; priestess; religieuse.
- (Buddhism) (แม่~, นาง~, ยาย~) female lay renunciant: laywoman who has her own hair and eyebrows shaved, vows to adhere to ศีลแปด (“Eight Precepts”), and is often seen wearing a white robe.
- (Christianity) (แม่~, นาง~) nun.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
- (แมลง~) mayfly: any insect of the order Ephemeroptera.
Etymology 3
Noun
ชี • (chii)
Derived terms
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Japanese: パクチー
Etymology 4
Proper noun
ชี • (chii)
Etymology 5
Verb
ชี • (chii) (abstract noun การชี)
Derived terms
Etymology 6
Pronoun
ชี • (chii)
- Rhymes:Thai/iː
- Thai terms with IPA pronunciation
- Thai 1-syllable words
- Thai terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Thai terms derived from Sanskrit
- Thai lemmas
- Thai nouns
- Thai nouns classified by คน
- Thai nouns classified by ตน
- Thai nouns classified by รูป
- Thai terms with archaic senses
- th:Buddhism
- th:Christianity
- Thai clippings
- Thai nouns classified by ตัว
- Thai proper nouns
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- Thai slang
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- th:Female
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- th:People
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- th:Rivers
- th:Spices and herbs