ชาย

Nyah Kur

Etymology

Cognate with Mon သာဲ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cʰaːj/

Noun

ชาย (chaay)

  1. bee.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicชาย
d͡ʑ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonchaai
Royal Institutechai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“male”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), Lü ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai, Tày chài.

Noun

ชาย • (chaai)

  1. male; man.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“eaves”). Cognate with Lao ຊາຍ (sāi).

Noun

ชาย • (chaai)

  1. edge.
  2. eaves.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

ชาย • (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

  1. (of the afternoon sun) to decline; to be in descent.

Etymology 4

Verb

ชาย • (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

  1. (of wind) to blow gently.

Etymology 5

Adverb

ชาย • (chaai)

  1. (poetic) seemingly; rather.
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