See also: ไร่ and ไร้

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicไร
ai r
RomanizationPaiboonrai
Royal Instituterai
(standard) IPA(key)/raj˧/(R)
Homophonesรัย

Etymology 1 edit

Possibly related with Thai ใด (dai).

Adverb edit

ไร (rai)

  1. how; what; which; when; why.
    ปากเป็นไร
    bpàak bpen rai
    What happens to your mouth?
    กินไรดี
    gin rai dii
    What should we eat?
    ทำไร
    tam rai
    What are you doing?

Pronoun edit

ไร (rai)

  1. what.
    คนไรดื้อชะมัด
    kon rai dʉ̂ʉ chá-mát
    What a very stubborn person!
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ไร (rai)

  1. (now rarely used alone) approximate; estimate.
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ไร (rai)

  1. gold.

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

ไร (rai)

  1. line or mark on the scalp after a hair is removed.

Etymology 5 edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *rajᴬ⁴ (chicken louse), from Proto-Tai *rwɤjᴬ (chicken louse). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩱ, Khün ᩁᩱ, Lao ໄຮ (hai), Isan ไฮ, ᦺᦣ (hay), Shan ႁႆး (hái), Tai Nüa ᥞᥭᥰ (häy), Phake ꩭႝ (hay), Ahom 𑜍𑜩 (ray), Zhuang reiz.

Noun edit

ไร (rai) (classifier ตัว)

  1. louse; mite.