Thai

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: taille, tie, Ty

Adjective

Thai (comparative more Thai, superlative most Thai)

1. Of or pertaining to Thailand.

Synonyms

• Thailandish

Derived terms

• Thai boxer
• Thai boxing
• Thai Ridgeback

Translations

of or pertaining to Thailand

• Afrikaans: Thais, Thailands
• Albanian: tajlandez
• Arabic: تَايْلَنْدِيّ (tāylandiyy), تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy)
• Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʻai)
• Asturian: tailandés (ast)
• Azerbaijani: tay (az), tailand
• Belarusian: та́йскі (tájski), тайла́ндскі f (tajlándski)
• Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai)
• Bulgarian: та́йски (tájski), тайла́ндски (tajlándski)
• Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:)
• Catalan: tailandès (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: thajský (cs)
• Danish: thailandsk
• Dutch: Thais (nl), Thailands (nl)
• Esperanto: tajlanda (eo)
• Estonian: tai (et)
• Farefare: tai
• Faroese: tailendskur, teilendskur
• Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi)
• French: thaïlandais (fr) m, thaï (fr) m
• Galician: tailandés (gl) m
• Georgian: ტაილანდური (ṭailanduri), ტაი (ṭai)
• German: thailändisch (de)
• Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī)
• Hungarian: thai (hu), thaiföldi (hu)
• Indonesian: Thai
• Interlingua: thailandese
• Italian: tailandese (it)
• Japanese: タイの (ja) (tai no), タイ (ja) (tai), 泰 (ja) (たい, tai)
• Kazakh: тай (tai), таиланд (tailand)
• Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay)
• Korean: 타이 (ko) (tai)
• Kyrgyz: тай (ky) (tay), таиланд (tailand)
• Lao: ໄທ (thai)
• Latin: thailandicus
• Latvian: taizemiešu, tajisks, taizemisks
• Lithuanian: tajų (lt), tajiškas
• Macedonian: тајландски (tajlandski)
• Malay: Thai, Siam (Northern Peninsular)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тайланд (tajland)

  Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (tayiland)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: thailandsk (no)

  Nynorsk: thailandsk (nn)

• Persian: تای (fa) (tây), تایلندی (tâylandi)
• Polish: tajski (pl), tajlandzki (pl)
• Portuguese: tailandês (pt)
• Romanian: thailandez (ro)
• Russian: та́йский (ru) (tájskij), таила́ндский (ru) (tailándskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̏јландскӣ, та̑јскӣ

  Roman: tȁjlandskī (sh), tȃjskī (sh)

• Slovak: thajský (sk)
• Slovene: tajski (sl)
• Spanish: tailandés (es)
• Swedish: thailändsk (sv)
• Tagalog: Thai
• Tajik: таиландӣ (tg) (tayilandi)
• Thai: ไทย (th) (tai)
• Turkish: Tay (tr)
• Turkmen: taý, taýland
• Ukrainian: та́йський (uk) (tájsʹkyj), таїла́ндський (tajilándsʹkyj)
• Urdu: تھائی (thāī)
• Uyghur: تايلاند (tayland)
• Uzbek: tay (uz), tailand
• Vietnamese: Thái (vi), Thái Lan (vi)
• Yagnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tai zivok)
• Zhuang: Daigoz

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.
   • 1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958‎^[1], New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:

     The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.

2. A domestic cat breed.

   Alternative form: Thaï

4. (uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
5. (uncountable) Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.

Synonyms

• (person) Thailander
• (language) Thailandish

Translations

person from Thailand or of Thai origin

• Afrikaans: Thai (af), Thailander
• Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy)
• Asturian: tailandés (ast) m, tailandesa (ast) f
• Belarusian: та́ец m (tájec), та́йка f (tájka)
• Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai)
• Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ထိုင်းလူမျိုး (htuing:lu-myui:)
• Catalan: tailandès (ca) m, tailandesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰國人／泰国人 (zh) (tàiguórén), 泰族 (zh) (tàizú)

• Czech: Thajec (cs) m, Thajka (cs) f
• Danish: thailænder c
• Dutch: Thailander (nl) m, Thailandse (nl) f
• Esperanto: tajlandano (man or woman), tajlandanino (woman), Tajo (eo) sg
• Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: tayilandês m, tayilandêsa f
• French: Thaïlandais (fr) m, Thaïlandaise (fr) f
• Galician: tailandés (gl) m, tailandesa f
• Georgian: ტაილანდელი (ṭailandeli)
• German: Thailänder (de) m, Thailänderin (de) f, Thai (de) m or f (informal)
• Hawaiian: Tailani
• Hebrew: תאילנדי m (tailandi), תאילנדית f (tailandit)
• Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī)
• Hungarian: thai (hu), thaiföldi (hu)
• Interlingua: thailandese
• Italian: tailandese (it), tailandesi (it) pl
• Japanese: タイ人 (ja) (タイじん, taijin)
• Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay)
• Korean: 타이인 (taiin), 태국인 (taegugin), 타이 사람 (tai saram), 태국 사람 (taeguk saram)
• Lao: ຄົນໄທ (khon thai)
• Latvian: taizemietis m, taizemiete f
• Lithuanian: tailandietis (lt) m, tailandietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Тајланѓанец m (Tajlanǵanec), Тајланѓанка f (Tajlanǵanka)
• Malay: orang Siam (esp. in Malaysia), orang Thai
• Malayalam: തായ് ജനത (tāyŭ janata)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: thailender m, thailending m

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

• Pali: deyya m, deyyika m, deyyavāsī 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
• Russian: та́ец (ru) m (tájec), та́йка (ru) f (tájka), таила́ндец (ru) m (tailándec), таила́ндка (ru) f (tailándka) (Thai national only)
• Shan: ထႆး (shn) (thái)
• 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
• Ukrainian: та́єць m (tájecʹ), та́йка f (tájka), таїла́ндець m (tajilándecʹ), таїла́ндка f (tajilándka) (Thai national only)
• Vietnamese: người Thái, người Thái Lan
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

language

• Afrikaans: Thai (af)
• Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy)
• Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʻai)
• Asturian: tailandés (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: tailandiera (eu)
• Belarusian: та́йская мо́ва f (tájskaja móva), та́йская f (tájskaja)
• Bengali: থাই ভাষা (bn) (thai bhaśa)
• Breton: Thai
• Bulgarian: та́йски ези́к (tájski ezík)
• Burmese: ထိုင်းဘာသာ (htuing:bhasa), ထိုင်းစကား (htuing:ca.ka:)
• Catalan: tailandès (ca) m, thai m, tai (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 泰語／泰语 (taai³ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 泰語／泰语 (zh) (tàiyǔ)

• Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: thajština (cs) f
• Danish: thailandsk
• Dutch: Thai (nl) n
• Esperanto: tajlanda (eo), taja lingvo
• Estonian: Tai (et)
• Farefare: taine, taire
• Faroese: tai
• Finnish: thai (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: tayi m
• 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: 타이어 (ko) (taieo), 태국어 (ko) (taegugeo)
• 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: тајландски јазик m (tajlandski jazik)
• Malay: bahasa Siam
• Malayalam: തായ് (ml) (tāyŭ)
• Maltese: Tajlandiż
• Marathi: थाई (thāī)
• Moksha: тайень (tajeń)
• Mongolian: тай (mn) (taj)
• Navajo: Tʼáí bizaad
• Nepali: थाई (thāī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: thai (no) m

  Nynorsk: thai m

• Pali: deyyabhāsā f
• Persian: تایلندی (tâylandi)
• Polish: język tajski m
• Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m
• Romanian: thailandeză (ro) f
• Russian: та́йский язы́к m (tájskij jazýk), та́йский (ru) m (tájskij)
• Sarikoli: Tai ziv
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тајски језик m

  Roman: tajski jezik m

• Shughni: таи зив (tai ziv)
• 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 (paa-sǎa tai)
• Turkish: Tayca (tr), Taylandca
• Ukrainian: та́йська мо́ва f (tájsʹka móva), та́йська (uk) f (tájsʹka)
• Urdu: تهائی f (thāī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Thái Lan (vi), tiếng Thái (vi)
• Walloon: Taylandès
• Welsh: Tai
• White Hmong: lus thaib
• Yagnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tai zivok)
• Yazghulami: таи звег (tai zveg)
• Zhuang: ^{(please verify)} vahdai

A Thai cat.

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

See also

• Siamese
• Thai Cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category: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 (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Thai, tha ⁠

Anagrams

• Ahti, Hati, thia-

Afrikaans

Noun

Thai (plural Thais)

1. Thai (person from Thailand or of Thai descent)

   Synonym: Thailander

2. (uncountable) Thai (cuisine)

   Synonym: Thai-kos

Derived terms

• Thais

Proper noun

Thai

1. Thai (language)

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑi̯/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Thai
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯

Proper noun

Thai n

1. Thai (language)

   Synonym: Thais

Related terms

• Thailand
• Thailands
• Thailander
• Thaise

Noun

Thai m (plural Thai or Thais, feminine Thaise)

1. a Thai person