Nyah Kur

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Etymology

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Cognate with Mon သာဲ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ชาย (chaay)

  1. bee.

Thai

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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ชาย (chaai)

  1. male; man.
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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ชาย (chaai)

  1. edge.
  2. eaves.
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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ชาย (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

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

Etymology 4

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Verb

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ชาย (chaai) (abstract noun การชาย)

  1. (of wind) to blow gently.

Etymology 5

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Adverb

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ชาย (chaai)

  1. (poetic) seemingly; rather.