ไห

See also: ไห้

Saek

Adjective

ไห (transliteration needed)

1. beautiful

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *krajᴬ (“jug”).

Cognate with Lao ໄຫ (hai), Lü ᦺᦠ (ḣay, “jug; steamer”), Shan ႁႆ (hǎi, “steamer”), Tai Nüa ᥞᥭᥴ (háy, “jug; steamer”), Saek ไห่, Zhuang rae (“rice steaming pot”) (dialectal), Zuojiang Zhuang haej.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ไห ai h
Romanization	Paiboon	hǎi
	Royal Institute	hai
(standard) IPA(key)		/haj˩˩˦/(R)
Homophones edit		หัย

Noun

ไห • (hǎi) (classifier ลูก or ใบ)

1. vessel, especially one made of baked clay and higher than it is wide, as vase, jar, jug, urn, etc.

Derived terms

• ไหปลาร้า (hǎi-bplaa-ráa)

Further reading

• “ไห” 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.