หัวใจ

Thai

Etymology

From หัว (hǔua, “head; bulb; etc”) +‎ ใจ (jai, “heart”). Cognate with Lao ຫົວໃຈ (hūa chai), Shan ႁူဝ်ၸႂ် (hǒ tsǎue), and Lü ᦷᦠᦺᦈ (ḣoṫsay). Compare the literal meaning of Chinese 心頭 / 心头 (xīntóu).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หัวใจ h ạ w au t͡ɕ
Phonemic		หัว-ไจ h ạ w – ai t͡ɕ
Romanization	Paiboon	hǔua-jai
	Royal Institute	hua-chai
(standard) IPA(key)		/hua̯˩˩˦.t͡ɕaj˧/(R)

Noun

หัวใจ • (hǔua-jai)

1. (anatomy) heart (Classifier: ดวง)
2. (figurative) heart; mind

Derived terms

• กล้ามเนื้อหัวใจ (glâam-nʉ́ʉa-hǔua-jai)
• หัวใจวาย

Further reading

• “หัวใจ” 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.