วาย

See also: ว่าย

Pali

Noun

วาย

  1. Thai script form of vāya, which is dative singular of (va, letter 'v')

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicวาย
w ā y
RomanizationPaiboonwaai
Royal Institutewai
(standard) IPA(key)/waːj˧/(R)
Homophonesไวน์

Etymology 1

Compare Khmer ពាយ (piəy), Lao ວາຍ (wāi).

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Verb

วาย • (waai) (abstract noun การวาย)

  1. to expire; to terminate; to stop; to die.
  2. to lose: to undergo the deprivation of.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Khmer វាយ៑ (vāy, to hit; to strike; to beat; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer វាយ (viəy).

Verb

วาย • (waai) (abstract noun การวาย)

  1. (archaic) to hit; to strike; to beat.

Etymology 3

Adjective

วาย • (waai)

  1. (found in combination) undefined.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From English wye.

Noun

วาย • (waai)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
See also

Etymology 5

From English Y, the first letter in yuri, from the romaji of Japanese 百合 (yuri).

Noun

วาย • (waai) (slang)

  1. yuri: a genre of lesbian fiction.
  2. womance.
  3. person interested in yuri or womance.
  4. woman in a womantic relationship.

Etymology 6

From English Y, the first letter in yaoi, from the romaji of Japanese やおい (yaoi).

Noun

วาย • (waai) (slang)

  1. yaoi: a genre of gay fiction.
  2. bromance.
  3. person interested in yaoi or bromance.
  4. man in a bromantic relationship.