Thai edit

Etymology edit

From ชัย (chai), ultimately from Sanskrit जय (jaya, victory). Cognate with Khmer ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo), Hindi जय हो (jay ho).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicไชโย
ai d͡ʑ o y
Phonemic
ไช-โย
ai d͡ʑ – o y
RomanizationPaiboonchai-yoo
Royal Institutechai-yo
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaj˧.joː˧/(R)

Interjection edit

ไชโย (chai-yoo)

  1. cheers!

See also edit