Muay Thai

See also: muaythai and muay thai

English

Etymology

Thai มวยไทย (muai-tai, “Thai boxing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːeɪ ˈtaɪ/, /mweɪ ˈtaɪ/, /moɪ ˈtaɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

Muay Thai (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) A sport practiced in Thailand which is similar to boxing but also allows strikes with the shins, feet, elbows, and knees.

Related terms

• Lethwei
• muay boran
• muay lao

 

Translations

the martial art/sport

• Burmese: လက်ဝှေ့ (my) (lakhwe.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰拳 (zh) (tàiquán)

• Czech: Muay Thai
• Dutch: Muay Thai, Thaiboksen
• Esperanto: taja bokso, muaj-tajo
• Estonian: taipoks
• Finnish: thainyrkkeily (fi)
• French: muay thaï (fr) m
• German: Muay Thai
• Greek: Μουάι Τάι n (Mouái Tái)
• Hebrew: אִגְרוּף תַּיְלַנְדִּי m (igruf tailandi)
• Hindi: मुआय थाई m (muāy thāī)
• Hungarian: thai boksz
• Isan: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: thai boxe (it) f, boxe thailandese f
• Japanese: ムエタイ (ja) (mue-tai)
• Khmer: ប្រដាល់សេរី (prɑdal seɛrǝy)
• Korean: 무에타이 (muetai)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tayboksîng (ku) f, muaythai (ku) f

• Lao: ມວຢລາວ (mūay lāo)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: Muay Thai
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: boks tajski m
• Portuguese: muai thai m
• Russian: та́йский бокс (ru) m (tájskij boks), тай-бокс (ru) m (taj-boks), муай-тай (ru) m (muaj-taj)
• Spanish: Muay thai
• Swedish: thaiboxning
• Thai: มวยไทย (th) (muai-tai)
• Vietnamese: Muay Thái
• West Frisian: Taiboksen

See also

• kickboxing