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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (chicken), from Middle Chinese (MC kej, “chicken”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Tai Dón ꪼꪀꫀ, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton က︀ႝ (kay), Phake က︀ႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Bouyei gais, Nong Zhuang zaeq, Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก, Japanese (kei), Korean (gye). Compare Proto-Be *kajᴬ¹.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicไก่
ai k ˋ
RomanizationPaiboongài
Royal Institutekai
(standard) IPA(key)/kaj˨˩/(R)
Audio

Noun

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ไก่ (gài) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) fowl.
  2. domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc.

Derived terms

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Adjective

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ไก่ (gài)

  1. (slang, humorous) sock; sock puppet.
    แอคไก่
    ɛ́k gài
    sock account

Further reading

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  • ไก่” 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.