ตาย

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tāya (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ताय (Devanagari script)
• তায (Bengali script)
• තාය (Sinhalese script)
• တာယ or တႃယ (Burmese script)
• ตายะ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕາຍ or ຕາຍະ or ຕາຢະ (Lao script)
• តាយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ตาย (tāya)

1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tāya, which is feminine genitive/dative/instrumental/ablative/locative singular of ต (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

ตาย (tāya)

1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tāya, which is feminine genitive/dative/instrumental/ablative/locative singular of ต (ta, “her”)

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”). Cognate with Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), Lü ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Shan တၢႆ (tǎai), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay), Zhuang dai. Compare Proto-Austronesian *(m-)atay (“to die”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ตาย t ā y
Romanization	Paiboon	dtaai
	Royal Institute	tai
(standard) IPA(key)		/taːj˧/(R)

Verb

ตาย • (dtaai) (abstract noun การตาย or ความตาย)

1. to die: to cease to live; to be or become dead.
2. (of a machine, bodily organ, etc) to die: to stop; to cease to function.

Adverb

ตาย • (dtaai)

1. (slang, sometimes sarcastic) to death: to a great degree, to excess.