ขาย

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ฃาย (kǎai)archaic, obsolete or dated

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ (to sell). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຂາຍ (khāi), ᦃᦻ (ẋaay), Tai Dam ꪄꪱꪥ, Shan ၶၢႆ (khǎai), Phake ၵႝ (khay), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Nùng khải, Zhuang gai, Bouyei gaail. Compare Sui beel and ggeel (to sell), Southern Kam beel (to sell).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicขาย
kʰ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonkǎai
Royal Institutekhai
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːj˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ขาย • (kǎai) (abstract noun การขาย)

  1. to sell.

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