สาลี่

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สาลี่ s ā l ī ˋ
Phonemic		สา-ลี่ s ā – l ī ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	sǎa-lîi
Romanization	Royal Institute	sa-li
(standard) IPA^(key)		/saː˩˩˦.liː˥˩/^(R)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hakka 沙梨 (sa¹ li²).^[1]

Noun

สาลี่ • (sǎa-lîi) (classifier ลูก)

(botany) Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)

Etymology 2

Corrupted from สาลี (“wheat”), from Pali sāli (“wheat”).

Noun

สาลี่ • (sǎa-lîi)

(ขนม~) Thai sponge cake.

Etymology 3

Semi-learned borrowing from English trolley.^[2]

Noun

สาลี่ • (sǎa-lîi)

(dated) trolley, cart.
(dated) trolley pole.

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