ຊາຍ
See also: ຊ້າຍ
Lao edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“male”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai), Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), Lü ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Tai Dam ꪋꪱꪥ, Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai.
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“eaves”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai).
Noun edit
ຊາຍ • (sāi)
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *zaːjᴬ⁴ (“sand”), from Proto-Tai *zwɯəjᴬ (“sand”), from Old Chinese 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls, “sand”). Cognate with Thai ทราย (saai), Northern Thai ᨪᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lü ᦌᦻ (saay), Khün ᨪᩣ᩠ᨿ, Shan သၢႆး (sáai), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥭᥰ (säay), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say) or 𑜏𑜩𑜤 (sayu), Zhuang saiz, Nong Zhuang saiz.
Noun edit
ຊາຍ • (sāi)
Derived terms edit
- ດິນຊາຍ (din sāi)