Isan

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lao ອ້າຍ (ʼāi) and Thai อ้าย (âai).

Noun

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อ้าย (transliteration needed)

  1. older brother
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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicอ้าย
ɒ ˆ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonâai
Royal Instituteai
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaːj˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

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Noun

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อ้าย (âai)

  1. Archaic form of ไอ้ (âi).

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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อ้าย (âai)

  1. (archaic, now dialect) first; primary.
  2. (archaic, now dialect, of a male child) first; first-born.
  3. (archaic, now dialect, of a brother) oldest; first-born.
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