นิสัย
Thai
Alternative forms
- นิสสัย, นิษัย — obsolete
Etymology
From Pali nissaya (“that on which anything depends; support, help, protection; endowment, resource, requisite, supply; foundation”); compare Sanskrit निश्रय (niśraya, “refuge; resource”). Cognate with Lao ນິໄສ (ni sai), ນິດໄສ (nit sai), ນິດໃສ (nit sai), Khmer និស្ស័យ (nihsay).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | นิสัย n i s ạ y | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | นิ-ไส n i – ai s | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | ní-sǎi |
| Royal Institute | ni-sai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ni˦˥.saj˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun
นิสัย • (ní-sǎi)
Derived terms
- ดัดนิสัย
- นิสัยใจคอ
- บ่มนิสัย