ไทร

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicไทร
ai d r
Phonemic
ไซ
ai z
RomanizationPaiboonsai
Royal Institutesai
(standard) IPA(key)/saj˧/(R)
Homophonesไซ

Etymology 1

Derived from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ជ្រៃ (jrai), ជ្រយ៑ (jray, “any of various plants of the genus Ficus, in the family Moraceae”), ultimately from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟriːʔ. Compare Old Mon jrey, jreai (“the plant Ficus spp.”).

Noun

ไทร • (sai)

  1. any of various plants of the genus Ficus, in the family Moraceae: figs and banyans
Derived terms
  • ไทรทอง
  • ไทรนก
  • ไทรบุรี
  • ไทรย้อย
  • ไทรย้อยใบคู่
  • ไทรย้อยใบแหลม
  • ไทรโยค
  • ไทรเลียบ
  • ร่มโพธิ์ร่มไทร
  • รากไทร

Etymology 2

Clipping of ไทรบุรี, from ไทร (sai, “banyan”) +‎ บุรี (bù-rii, “town”), literally “banyan town”.

Proper noun

ไทร • (sai)

  1. (historical) Syburi, the name of Kedah when it was a vassal state of Siam
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