อะไร
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a contraction of older อัน (an, “item, piece”) + ไร (rai, “how, what”).
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | อะไร ɒ a ai r | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | อะ-ไร ɒ a – ai r | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | à-rai |
| Royal Institute | a-rai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔa˨˩.raj˧/(R) | |
Pronoun
[edit]อะไร • (à-rai)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “อะไร” 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.