Thai

See also: thai, Thái, thaï, Thaï, þai, and Thai.

English

Alternative forms

• (cat): Thaï

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: tie, Ty

Adjective

Thai (comparative more Thai, superlative most Thai)

1. Of or pertaining to Thailand.

Synonyms

• Thailandish

Translations

of or pertaining to Thailand

• Asturian: tailandés (ast)
• Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai)
• Bulgarian: тайландски (tajlandski)
• Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:)
• Catalan: tailandès
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰國的 (zh), 泰国的 (zh) (Tàiguó de), 泰 (zh) (tài)

• Czech: thajský (cs)
• Danish: thailandsk
• Dutch: Thais (nl), Thailands (nl)
• Esperanto: tajlanda
• Faroese: tailendskur, teilendskur
• Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi)
• French: thaïlandais (fr)
• Galician: tailandés (gl) m
• German: thailändisch (de)
• Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī)
• Hungarian: thai (hu)
• Interlingua: thailandese
• Italian: tailandese (it)
• Japanese: タイの (ja) (tai no), タイ (ja) (tai), 泰 (ja) (たい, tai)

• Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay)
• Korean: 타이 (ko) (tai)
• Lao: ໄທ (thai)
• Latin: thailandicus
• Latvian: taizemiešu, tajisks, taizemisks
• Lithuanian: tajų (lt), tajiškas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: thailandsk (no)

  Nynorsk: thailandsk (nn)

• Polish: tajlandzki (pl), tajski (pl)
• Portuguese: tailandês (pt)
• Romanian: thailandez (ro)
• Russian: та́йский (ru) m (tájskij)
• Slovak: thajský (sk)
• Slovene: tajski (sl)
• Spanish: tailandés (es)
• Swedish: thailändsk (sv)
• Thai: ไทย (th) (tai)
• Vietnamese: Thái (vi)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Noun

A Thai (person from Thailand) in a traditional dress.

Thai (countable and uncountable, plural Thai or Thais)

1. (countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand.
2. A domestic cat breed.
3. (uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
4. (uncountable) Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.

Synonyms

• (person) Thailander
• (language) Thailandish

Translations

person from Thailand or of Thai origin

• Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ‎ (taylandiyy)
• Asturian: tailandés (ast) m, tailandesa (ast) f
• Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai)
• Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ထိုင်းလူမျိုး (htuing:lu-myui:)
• Catalan: tailandès m, tailandesa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰國人, 泰国人 (tàiguórén)

• Czech: Thajec (cs) m, Thajka (cs) f
• Danish: thailænder c
• Dutch: Thailander (nl) m, Thailandse (nl) f
• Esperanto: tajlandano (man or woman), tajlandanino (woman)
• Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi)
• French: Thaïlandais (fr) m, Thaïlandaise (fr) f
• Galician: tailandés (gl) m, tailandesa f
• Georgian: ტაილანდელი (ṭailandeli)
• German: Thailänder (de) m, Thailänderin (de) f, Thai m, f (informal)
• Hawaiian: Tailani
• Hebrew: תאילנדי‎ m (tailandi), תאילנדית‎ f (tailandit)
• Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī)
• Hungarian: thai (hu)
• Interlingua: thailandese
• Italian: tailandese (it), tailandesi (it) pl
• Japanese: タイ人 (ja) (タイじん, taijin)
• Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay)

• Korean: 타이 사람 (tai saram)
• Lao: ຄົນໄທ (khon thai)
• Latvian: taizemietis m, taizemiete f
• Lithuanian: tailandietis (lt) m, tailandietė (lt) f
• Malayalam: തായ് ജനത (tāyŭ janata)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: thailender m, thailending m

  Nynorsk: thailendar (nn) m, thailending (nn) m

• Persian: تایلندی‎ (tâylandi)
• Polish: Taj (pl) m pers, Tajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m, tailandesa f
• Romanian: thailandez (ro) m, thailandeză (ro) f, thailandezi pl, thailandeze f pl
• Russian: та́ец (ru) m (tájec), та́йка (ru) f (tájka), таила́ндец (ru) m (tailándec), таила́ндка (ru) f (tailándka) (Thai national only)
• Shan: ထႆး (tʰaj4)
• Slovak: Thajec m, Thajka f
• Slovene: Tajec m, Tajka f
• Spanish: tailandés (es) m
• Swahili: Mthai sg, Wathai pl
• Swedish: thailändare (sv) m, thailändska (sv) f
• Thai: คนไทย (kon tai), ชาวไทย (chaao tai)
• Turkish: Tay (tr), Taylandlı
• Vietnamese: người Thái, người Thái Lan
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

language

• Afrikaans: Thai (af)
• Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ‎ (taylandiyy)
• Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʿai)
• Asturian: tailandés (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Тај
• Basque: tailandiera (eu)
• Belarusian: та́йская мо́ва f (tájskaja móva), та́йская f (tájskaja)
• Bengali: থাই ভাষা (tha'i bhasha)
• Breton: Thai
• Bulgarian: тайла́ндски m (tajlándski) (ези́к)
• Burmese: ထိုင်းဘာသာ (htuing:bhasa), ထိုင်းစကား (htuing:ca.ka:)
• Catalan: tailandès m, thai m, tai m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 泰語, 泰语 (taai³ yu⁵)

  Mandarin: 泰語 (zh), 泰语 (zh) (tàiyǔ)

• Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: thajština f
• Danish: thailandsk
• Dutch: Thai (nl) n
• Esperanto: tajlanda
• Estonian: Tai (et)
• Faroese: tai
• Finnish: thai (fi)
• French: thaï (fr) m
• Galician: tailandés (gl) m
• Georgian: ტაიური (ṭaiuri), ტაილანდური ენა (ṭailanduri ena)
• German: Thailändisch (de) n
• Greek: ταϊλανδικά (el) (taïlandiká), ταϋλανδικά n pl (taÿlandiká)
• Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Greenlandic: thailandimiutut
• Hebrew: תאילנדית \ תַּיְלַנְדִּית‎ f (tailandít)
• Hindi: थाई (hi) f (thāī)
• Hungarian: thai (hu)
• Icelandic: Tai-má, Tælenska
• Indonesian: Thai
• Interlingua: thailandese
• Irish: Téalainnis
• Italian: tailandese (it) m, thailandese (it) m
• Japanese: タイ語 (ja) (タイご, taigo)
• Khmer: ភាសាថៃ (phiəsaathay), ថៃ (km) (thay)
• Korean: 타일랜드어 (taillaendeueo), 타이어 (ko) (taieo), 타이말 (taimal), 샴말 (syammal)

• Lao: ພາສາໄທ (lo) (phā sā thai)
• Latin: lingua thai f
• Latvian: taju valoda f, taju, taizemiešu valoda f, taizemiešu
• Lithuanian: tajų kalb f, tajiškai
• Macedonian: таи (tai)
• Malay: bahasa Siam
• Malayalam: തായ് (ml) (tāyŭ)
• Maltese: Tajlandiż
• Marathi: थाई (thāī)
• Moksha: тайень
• Mongolian: тай (mn) (taj)
• Navajo: Tʼáí bizaad
• Nepali: थाई (thāī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: thai (no) m

  Nynorsk: thai m

• Persian: تایلندی‎ (tailandi)
• Polish: (język) tajski (pl) m
• Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m
• Romanian: thailandeză (ro) f
• Russian: та́йский язы́к m (tájskij jazýk), та́йский (ru) m (tájskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тајски m (језик)

  Roman: tajski (sh) m (jezik)

• Sinhalese: තායි (si) (tāyi)
• Slovak: thajčina (sk) f
• Slovene: tajščina f
• Spanish: tailandés (es) m
• Swahili: Kithai class 7
• Swedish: thailändska (sv)
• Tamil: தாய் (ta) (tāy)
• Thai: ภาษาไทย (th) (paa-sǎa tai)
• Turkish: Tayca (tr), Taylandca
• Ukrainian: та́йська мо́ва (uk) f (tájsʹka móva), та́йська (uk) f (tájsʹka)
• Urdu: تهائی‎ f (thā'ī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Thái Lan, tiếng Thái (vi)
• Walloon: Taylandès
• Welsh: Tai
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: ^{(please verify)} vahdai

A Thai cat.

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} தாய் (ta) (tāy)

See also

• Thai Cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thaï cats on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Wiktionary's coverage of Thai terms
• Appendix:Thai Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Thai

Further reading

• Thai–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code th, ISO 639-3 code tha
• Ethnologue entry for Thai, th

Anagrams

• Ahti, Hati, thia-

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Thai n

1. Thai (language)

Related terms

• Thailand
• Thailands
• Thailander
• Thaise