อะไร

Thai

Etymology

From contraction of อัน (an) +‎ ไร (rai).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อะไร ɒ a ai r
Phonemic		อะ-ไร ɒ a – ai r
Romanization	Paiboon	à-rai
	Royal Institute	a-rai
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔa˨˩.raj˧/(R)

Pronoun

อะไร • (à-rai)

1. (interrogative) what?
   • อะไรนะ?

     à-rai ná?

     What? What was that? Pardon?

2. something; anything.
3. whatever.