Nyah Kur edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Mon သာဲ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ชาย (chaay)

  1. bee.

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicชาย
d͡ʑ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonchaai
Royal Institutechai
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (male). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai, Tày chài.

Noun edit

ชาย (chaai)

  1. male; man.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (eaves). Cognate with Lao ຊາຍ (sāi).

Noun edit

ชาย (chaai)

  1. edge.
  2. eaves.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

ชาย (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

  1. (of the afternoon sun) to decline; to be in descent.

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

ชาย (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

  1. (of wind) to blow gently.

Etymology 5 edit

Adverb edit

ชาย (chaai)

  1. (poetic) seemingly; rather.