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มาย

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Thai

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “TDP claims a borrowing from a Pali māya, suggesting some relation to Sanskrit मा (mā, “to measure”). That said, the derived terms listed by the dictionary don't seem to invoke particular "measure" senses.”

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicมาย
m ā y
RomanizationPaiboonmaai
Royal Institutemai
(standard) IPA(key)/maːj˧/(R)

Verb

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มาย • (maai) (abstract noun การมาย)

  1. to measure out, count, calculate

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “มาย” 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.
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