ภัย

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pai"

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ภย
  • ไภย (pai) — archaic, obsolete or dated

Etymology

From Pali bhaya (“fear; fright”) or Sanskrit भय (bhaya, idem); possibly via Angkorian Old Khmer bhay (idem) or Old Khmer bhaya, bhai, bhaiya, bhaiyya (idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ័យ (phɨy), Lao ໄພ (phai), Burmese ဘေး (bhe:).

Pronunciation

Orthographicภัย
bʰ ạ y
Phonemic
ไพ
ai b
RomanizationPaiboonpai
Royal Institutephai
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaj˧/(R)
Homophonesไพ

Noun

ภัย • (pai)

  1. fear, fright; source thereof, as danger, peril, hazard, etc.

Derived terms

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