ไท
See also: ไท้
Thai
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *dajᴬ² (“Tai people; freedom”), from Proto-Tai *ɗwɤːjᴬ (“free”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨴᩱ, Lao ໄທ (thai) or obsolete ໄຕ (tai), Lü ᦺᦑ (tay), Tai Dam ꪼꪕ, Shan တႆး (tái), Aiton တႝ (tay), Phake တႝ (tay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay); when each word is solely used, it refers to its own ethnic group.
Alternative forms
- ไต (dtai) — rare
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | ไท ai d | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanization | Paiboon | tai |
| Royal Institute | thai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tʰaj˧/(R) | |
| Homophones | ไทย | |
| Audio | ||
Noun
ไท • (tai)
- Tai ethnic group, a widespread ethnic group of Southeast Asia associated with the valley paddy-rice culture.
- Tai languages, a subfamily of the Tai-Kadai language family. Among the Tai languages are Thai, Lao, Shan, and Zhuang.
- (archaic) Siam; Siamese. (Now uses ไทย)
- freedom; independence.
Derived terms
See also
- ไทย (tai)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ไท ai d | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ไท้ ai d ˆ | ไท ai d | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | tái | tai |
| Royal Institute | thai | thai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tʰaj˦˥/(R) | /tʰaj˧/(R) | |
| Homophones | ไทย | ||
| Audio | |||
Noun
ไท • (tái)