ตำแย

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicตำแย
t å æ y
Phonemic
ตำ-แย
t å – æ y
RomanizationPaiboondtam-yɛɛ
Royal Institutetam-yae
(standard) IPA(key)/tam˧.jɛː˧/(R)

Etymology 1[edit]

After Ātreya, from Sanskrit आत्रेय (ātreya, literally “of, belonging to, or descending from Atri”), known in Thai as มหาเถรตำแย (má-hǎa-těen dtam-yɛɛ; "High Priest Tamyae"), a Hindu priest who wrote a treatise on midwifery.

Noun[edit]

ตำแย • (dtam-yɛɛ) (classifier คน)

  1. (หมอ~) traditional birth attendant.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Hawaiian wood nettle

Noun[edit]

ตำแย • (dtam-yɛɛ)

  1. (botany) Hawaiian wood nettle, the plant Laportea interrupta of the family Urticaceae, having stinging hairs.
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Adjective[edit]

ตำแย • (dtam-yɛɛ)

  1. (figurative) that stings or injures like Hawaiian wood nettle.
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