ไหม

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Thai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰmajᴬ (thread), from Proto-Tai *ʰmajᴬ (thread), from Old Chinese (OC *hmɯl, “fine; glorious”).[1] Cognate with Lao ໄໝ (mai), Tai Dam ꪼꪢ, ᦺᦖ (ṁay), Shan မႆ (mǎi).

Pronunciation

Orthographicไหม
ai h m
Phonemic
ไหฺม
ai h ̥ m
RomanizationPaiboonmǎi
Royal Institutemai
(standard) IPA(key)/maj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ไหม (mǎi)

  1. silkworm.
  2. thread.
  3. silk.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Orthographicไหม
ai h m
Phonemic
ไหฺม
ai h ̥ m
RomanizationPaiboonmǎi
Royal Institutemai
(standard) IPA(key)/maj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ไหม (mǎi)

  1. (law) fine: monetary penalty.

Verb

ไหม (mǎi)

  1. (law) to fine: to impose a monetary penalty.

Etymology 3

From contraction of หรือ (rʉ̌ʉ, or) +‎ ไม่ (mâi, not). Compare Southern Thai ม่าย.

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Orthographicไหม
ai h m
Phonemic
ไหฺม
ai h ̥ m
ไม้
ai m ˆ
RomanizationPaiboonmǎimái
Royal Institutemaimai
(standard) IPA(key)/maj˩˩˦/(R)/maj˦˥/(R)

Particle

ไหม (mǎi)

  1. or not?

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.