ไข้
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *k.rajꟲ (“illness; fever”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩱ ᩶, Lao ໄຂ້ (khai), Lü ᦺᦃᧉ (ẋay²), Shan ၶႆႈ (khāi), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | ไข้ ai kʰ ˆ | |
| Phonemic | ไค่ ai g ˋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kâi |
| Royal Institute | khai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰaj˥˩/(R) | |
Noun edit
ไข้ • (kâi)
- sickness; illness (as in คนไข้ (kon-kâi), เจ็บไข้ (jèp-kâi), ป่วยไข้).
- fever; pyrexia; a higher-than-normal body temperature of a person.