ทลาย
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Khmer ថ្លាយ (thlāya, “to be shattered; to be ruined; etc”) or Angkorian Old Khmer ទ្លាយ៑ (dlāy), ទ្លៃយ៑ (dlaiy, “idem”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *laaj. Cognate with Modern Khmer ធ្លាយ (thliəy). Extended as Thai ทำลาย (tam-laai). Possibly related to สลาย (sà-lǎai).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | ทลาย d l ā y | |
Phonemic | ทะ-ลาย d a – l ā y | |
Romanization | Paiboon | tá-laai |
Royal Institute | tha-lai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /tʰa˦˥.laːj˧/(R) | |
Homophones | ทะลาย |
Verb
[edit]ทลาย • (tá-laai) (abstract noun การทลาย)
- to collapse; to fall apart.
- to be or become destroyed, broken, shattered, or ruined.
- (figurative) to be or become vain or unsuccessful; to come to naught; to fail.
- to cause to do so.
- (slang) to strike or attack (in order to destroy or cause the fall of).
- 2016 May 11, “เจ้าหน้าที่ทลายแก๊งค้าน้ำมันเถื่อนกลางเมืองตรัง”, in โพสต์ทูเดย์[1], Bangkok: โพสต์ทูเดย์, retrieved 2020-09-06:
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