หัวใจ

Thai

Etymology

From หัว (hǔua, “head; bulb; etc”) +‎ ใจ (jai, “heart”). Cognate with Lao ຫົວໃຈ (hūa chai), Shan ႁူဝ်ၸႂ် (hǒ tsǎue), and Lü ᦷᦠᦺᦈ (ḣoṫsay). Compare the literal meaning of Chinese 心頭 / 心头 (xīntóu).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหัวใจ
h ạ w au t͡ɕ
Phonemic
หัว-ไจ
h ạ w – ai t͡ɕ
RomanizationPaiboonhǔua-jai
Royal Institutehua-chai
(standard) IPA(key)/hua̯˩˩˦.t͡ɕaj˧/(R)

Noun

หัวใจ • (hǔua-jai)

  1. (anatomy) heart. (Classifier: ดวง)
  2. (figurative) heart; mind.

Derived terms

  • หัวใจวาย
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