ไข้

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See also: ไข and ไข่

Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tai *k.rajꟲ (“illness; fever”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩱ ᩶, Lao ໄຂ້ (khai), Lü ᦺᦃᧉ (ẋay²), Shan ၶႆႈ (khāi), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicไข้
ai kʰ ˆ
Phonemic
ไค่
ai g ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâi
Royal Institutekhai
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaj˥˩/(R)

Noun[edit]

ไข้ • (kâi)

  1. sickness; illness (as in คนไข้ (kon-kâi), เจ็บไข้ (jèp-kâi), ป่วยไข้).
  2. fever; pyrexia; a higher-than-normal body temperature of a person.

Derived terms[edit]

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