Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *hwaːjᴬ (dam). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨺᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຝາຍ (fāi), ᦚᦻ (ḟaay), Shan ၽၢႆ (phǎai) or ၾၢႆ (fǎai), Bouyei waail, Zhuang fai.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicฝาย
v ā y
RomanizationPaiboonfǎai
Royal Institutefai
(standard) IPA(key)/faːj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

ฝาย (fǎai)

  1. weir; small dam.