ไซ

Thai

3

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ไซ ai z
Romanization	Paiboon	sai
	Royal Institute	sai
(standard) IPA(key)		/saj˧/(R)
Homophones edit		ไทร

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *zajᴬ (“fish trap”). Cognate with Lao ໄຊ (sai), Tai Dam ꪼꪏ, Shan သႆး (sái), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say), Zhuang saez.

Noun

ไซ • (sai) (classifier ลูก)

1. (fishery) long, woven bottle, used for trapping fish.

Etymology 2

Noun

ไซ • (sai) (classifier ตัว)

1. (zoology) (งู~) Bocourt's water snake: the water snake Subsessor bocourti of the family Colubridae.

Etymology 3

Noun

ไซ • (sai)

1. (botany) (ต้น~) swamp rice grass: the plant Leersia hexandra of the family Gramineae.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

ไซ • (sai)

1. (astronomy, astrology) (ดาว~) Synonym of ธนิษฐา