ตะไคร้

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Compare Khmer គ្រៃ (krɨy) (as in ស្លឹកគ្រៃ (slək krɨy)), Northern Thai จะไคร, Isan ซิงไค, Southern Thai ไคร, Lao ສິງໄຄ (sing khai).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicตะไคร้
t a ai g r ˆ
Phonemic
ตะ-ไคฺร้
t a – ai g ̥ r ˆ
RomanizationPaiboondtà-krái
Royal Instituteta-khrai
(standard) IPA(key)/ta˨˩.kʰraj˦˥/(R)

Noun edit

ตะไคร้ (dtà-krái)

  1. lemongrass (Cymbopogon).