นิยาย

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Lao ນິຍາຍ (ni nyāi), Northern Thai ᨶᩥᨿᩣ᩠ᨿ, ᦓᦲᧉᦍᦻ (nii²yaay, fiction), Khmer និយាយ (niyiəy, to speak; to tell), Northern Khmer อันแย็ย (to speak; to tell).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicนิยาย
n i y ā y
Phonemic
นิ-ยาย
n i – y ā y
RomanizationPaiboonní-yaai
Royal Instituteni-yai
(standard) IPA(key)/ni˦˥.jaːj˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

นิยาย (ní-yaai)

  1. fiction: imaginative, imagined, or invented story.

Derived terms[edit]