See also: ไร่ and ไร้

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicไร
ai r
RomanizationPaiboonrai
Royal Instituterai
(standard) IPA(key)/raj˧/(R)
Homophonesรัย

Etymology 1

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Possibly related with Thai ใด (dai).

Adverb

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ไร (rai)

  1. how; what; which; when; why.
    ปากเป็นไร
    bpàak bpen rai
    What happens to your mouth?
    กินไรดี
    gin rai dii
    What should we eat?
    ทำไร
    tam rai
    What are you doing?

Pronoun

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ไร (rai)

  1. what.
    คนไรดื้อชะมัด
    kon rai dʉ̂ʉ chá-mát
    What a very stubborn person!
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ไร (rai)

  1. (now rarely used alone) approximate; estimate.
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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ไร (rai)

  1. gold.

Etymology 4

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Noun

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ไร (rai)

  1. line or mark on the scalp after a hair is removed.

Etymology 5

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *rajᴬ⁴ (chicken louse), from Proto-Tai *rwɤjᴬ (chicken louse). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩱ, Khün ᩁᩱ, Lao ໄຮ (hai), Isan ไฮ, ᦺᦣ (hay), Shan ႁႆး (hái), Tai Nüa ᥞᥭᥰ (häy), Phake ꩭႝ (hay), Ahom 𑜍𑜩 (ray), Zhuang reiz.

Noun

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ไร (rai) (classifier ตัว)

  1. louse; mite.