หลาย

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːjᴬ (“many; much”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᩃᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຫຼາຍ (lāi), Lü ᦜᦻ (l̇aay), Khün ᩉ᩠ᩃᩣ᩠ᨿ, Shan လၢႆ (lǎai), Bouyei laail, Zhuang lai, Saek หล่าย. Compare Old Chinese 多 (OC *ʔl'aːl).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหลาย
h l ā y
Phonemic
หฺลาย
h ̥ l ā y
RomanizationPaiboonlǎai
Royal Institutelai
(standard) IPA(key)/laːj˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

หลาย • (lǎai) (abstract noun ความหลาย)

  1. several; numerous.
  2. many.

Derived terms

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See also

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