เลย

See also: เลีย

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเลย
e l y
RomanizationPaiboonləəi
Royal Instituteloei
(standard) IPA(key)/lɤːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Lao ເລີຍ (lœ̄i), Khmer ឡើយ (laəy), Shan လိူဝ် (lǒe), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (lüw).

Adverb

เลย • (ləəi)

  1. really; completely; entirely; at all!; so much!; extremely (used for emphasis at the end of a statement).
  2. so; therefore; as a result.
  3. further; beyond; more.

Verb

เลย • (ləəi) (abstract noun การเลย)

  1. to pass; to go through; to pass through.

Conjunction

เลย • (ləəi)

  1. so; then.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

เลย • (ləəi)

  1. (จังหวัด~) Loei (a province in northeastern Thailand)