Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Pali udaya or Sanskrit उदय (udaya, appearance, emergence, rise; income, profit, return; development, improvement; consequence, result; etc); probably via Old Khmer °udaya, °ūdeya, °ūdaiya°, uday, udaiya (growth, increase; appearance, emergence, rise; birth; sunrise, dawn; income, profit, revenue; advantage, benefit, interest; wealth; prosperity; etc). Compare Modern Khmer ឧទយ (ʼŏtôy), ឧទ័យ (ʼŏtôy).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicอุทัย
ɒ u d ạ y
Phonemic
อุ-ไท
ɒ u – ai d
RomanizationPaiboonù-tai
Royal Instituteu-thai
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.tʰaj˧/(R)

Noun edit

อุทัย (ù-tai)

  1. (elegant) appearance; emergence; rise.

Proper noun edit

อุทัย (ù-tai)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of อุทัยธานี (ù-tai-taa-nii).

Verb edit

อุทัย (ù-tai) (abstract noun การอุทัย)

  1. (elegant, used of a sun, star, etc) to rise; to come into view; to start shining.