เหี้ย

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown.

An earliest attestation of the negative meanings is found in a 1891 magazine from the reign of King Chulalongkorn, indicating that the term had been used negatively since the previous reign at least.[1]

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเหี้ย
e h ī ˆ y
Phonemic
เฮี่ย
e ɦ ī ˋ y
RomanizationPaiboonhîia
Royal Institutehia
(standard) IPA(key)/hia̯˥˩/(R)

Noun

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เหี้ย (hîia)

  1. (zoology) Asian water monitor: the lizard Varanus salvator of the family Varanidae.
  2. (loosely) any water monitor.
  3. (slang, vulgar, very offensive, often used as a curse word) (อี, ไอ้~) anyone or anything considered to be unpleasant, unfavourable, disagreeable, or contemptible.

Derived terms

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Adjective

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เหี้ย (hîia) (abstract noun ความเหี้ย)

  1. (slang, vulgar, very offensive) unpleasant; unfavourable; disagreeable; contemptible.

Adverb

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เหี้ย (hîia)

  1. (slang, vulgar, very offensive) unpleasantly; unfavourably; disagreeably; contemptibly.
  2. (slang, vulgar, very offensive) used as an intensifier: the fuck, the hell, the heck, etc.
  3. (slang, vulgar, can be offensive) extremely; very.

Interjection

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เหี้ย (hîia)

  1. (slang, vulgar, can be offensive) an exclamation of anger, contempt, disapproval, discontent, disgust, dismay, rejection, or surprise.

References

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  1. ^ เหี้ย เป็นสัตว์ก้าวหน้า ที่คนไทยใช้ด่า มาตั้งแต่สมัย ร. 4”, in matichon.co.th[1] (in Thai), 2024 March 2