ᥓᥣᥭᥰ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“male”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai), Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), Lü ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai.

Noun

ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay) (1963 orthography ᥓᥣᥭ̈)

1. man; male