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ผาย

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Thai

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Looks a bit like ไป (bpai, to go), but probably not related.”

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicผาย
pʰ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonpǎai
Royal Institutephai
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaːj˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

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ผาย (pǎai) (abstract noun การผาย)

  1. (archaic) to move or go (to or from a place)
  2. to open; to spread, to stretch, to widen, to expand, to extend, to enlarge, to enhance; to project, to protrude, to extrude, to jut
  3. to part; to separate; to divide
  4. to release; to emit; to discharge

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ผาย” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.