From Proto-Tai *k.raj (“illness; fever”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩱ ᩶, Lao ໄຂ້ (khai), Lü ᦺᦃᧉ (ẋay²), Shan ၶႆႈ (khāi), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay).
Orthographic | ไข้ ai kʰ ˆ | |
Phonemic | ไค่ ai g ˋ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | kâi |
Royal Institute | khai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kʰaj˥˩/(R) |
ไข้ • (kâi)