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/

• 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

Translations

of or pertaining to Thailand

• Albanian: tajlandez
• Arabic: تَايْلَنْدِيّ‎ (tāylandiyy), تَايْلَانْدِيّ‎‎ (taylandiyy)
• Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʿai)
• 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 (zh), 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 (tay), таиланд (taïland)
• 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
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тайланд (tailand)

  Uyghurjin: 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) (tayilandī)
• 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)
• 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 58-8354, OCLC 245961707, OL 6247420M, 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.
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
• 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 (zh), 泰国人 (zh) (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)
• 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)
• 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
• 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) (tʿai)
• 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 (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 yu⁵)

  Mandarin: 泰語 (zh), 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)
• 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 (tajenʹ)
• Mongolian: тай (mn) (tai)
• Navajo: Tʼáí bizaad
• Nepali: थाई (thāī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: thai (no) m

  Nynorsk: thai m

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

  Cyrillic: тајски језик m

  Roman: tajski jezik m

• Sinhalese: තායි (si) (tāyi)
• Slovak: thajčina (sk) f
• Slovene: tajščina f
• Spanish: tailandés (es) m
• Swahili: Kithai 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, tiếng Thái (vi)
• Walloon: Taylandès
• Welsh: Tai
• White Hmong: lus thaib
• 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

• Siamese
• 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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Etymology

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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)

1. A Thai person.