Thai

See also: thai, Thái, thaï, Thaï, þai, and Thai.

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Alternative forms

(cat): Thaï

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taɪ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ
Homophones: taille, tie, Ty

Adjective

Thai (comparative more Thai, superlative most Thai)

Of or pertaining to Thailand.

Synonyms

Thailandish

Translations

of or pertaining to Thailand

Afrikaans: Thais, Thailands
Albanian: tajlandez
Arabic: تَايْلَنْدِيّ (tāylandiyy), تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy)
Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʻai)
Asturian: tailandés (ast)
Azerbaijani: tay (az), tailand
Belarusian: та́йскі (tájski), тайла́ндскі f (tajlándski)
Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai)
Bulgarian: та́йски (tájski), тайла́ндски (tajlándski)
Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:)
Catalan: tailandès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 泰國的／泰国的 (zh) (Tàiguó de), 泰 (zh) (tài)
Czech: thajský (cs)
Danish: thailandsk
Dutch: Thais (nl), Thailands (nl)
Esperanto: tajlanda (eo)
Estonian: tai (et)
Farefare: tai
Faroese: tailendskur, teilendskur
Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi)
French: thaïlandais (fr) m, thaï (fr) m
Galician: tailandés (gl) m
Georgian: ტაილანდური (ṭailanduri), ტაი (ṭai)
German: thailändisch (de)
Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī)
Hungarian: thai (hu), thaiföldi (hu)
Indonesian: Thai
Interlingua: thailandese
Italian: tailandese (it)
Japanese: タイの (ja) (tai no), タイ (ja) (tai), 泰 (ja) (たい, tai)
Kazakh: тай (tai), таиланд (tailand)
Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay)
Korean: 타이 (ko) (tai)
Kyrgyz: тай (ky) (tay), таиланд (tailand)
Lao: ໄທ (thai)
Latin: thailandicus
Latvian: taizemiešu, tajisks, taizemisks
Lithuanian: tajų (lt), tajiškas
Macedonian: тајландски (tajlandski)
Malay: Thai
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тайланд (tajland)

Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (tayiland)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: thailandsk (no)

Nynorsk: thailandsk (nn)
Persian: تای (fa) (tây), تایلندی (tâylandi)
Polish: tajski (pl), tajlandzki (pl)
Portuguese: tailandês (pt)
Romanian: thailandez (ro)
Russian: та́йский (ru) (tájskij), таила́ндский (ru) (tailándskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: та̏јландскӣ, та̑јскӣ

Roman: tȁjlandskī (sh), tȃjskī (sh)
Slovak: thajský (sk)
Slovene: tajski (sl)
Spanish: tailandés (es)
Swedish: thailändsk (sv)
Tagalog: Thai
Tajik: таиландӣ (tg) (tayilandi)
Thai: ไทย (th) (tai)
Turkish: Tay (tr)
Turkmen: taý, taýland
Ukrainian: та́йський (uk) (tájsʹkyj), таїла́ндський (tajilándsʹkyj)
Urdu: تھائی (thāī)
Uyghur: تايلاند (tayland)
Uzbek: tay (uz), tailand
Vietnamese: Thái (vi), Thái Lan (vi)
Yagnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tayi zivok)
Zhuang: Daigoz

Noun

A Thai (person from Thailand) in a traditional dress.

Thai (countable and uncountable, plural Thai or Thais)

(countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand.
- 1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958‎^[1], New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:
  The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.
A domestic cat breed.
(uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
(uncountable) Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.

Synonyms

(person) Thailander
(language) Thailandish

Translations

person from Thailand or of Thai origin

Afrikaans: Thai (af), Thailander
Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy)
Asturian: tailandés (ast) m, tailandesa (ast) f
Belarusian: та́ец m (tájec), та́йка f (tájka)
Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai)
Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ထိုင်း လူမျိုး (htuing:lu-myui:)
Catalan: tailandès (ca) m, tailandesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 泰國人／泰国人 (zh) (tàiguórén), 泰族 (zh) (tàizú)
Czech: Thajec (cs) m, Thajka (cs) f
Danish: thailænder c
Dutch: Thailander (nl) m, Thailandse (nl) f
Esperanto: tajlandano (man or woman), tajlandanino (woman), Tajo (eo) sg
Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi)
Franco-Provençal: tayilandês m, tayilandêsa f
French: Thaïlandais (fr) m, Thaïlandaise (fr) f
Galician: tailandés (gl) m, tailandesa f
Georgian: ტაილანდელი (ṭailandeli)
German: Thailänder (de) m, Thailänderin (de) f, Thai (de) m or f (informal)
Hawaiian: Tailani
Hebrew: תאילנדי m (tailandi), תאילנדית f (tailandit)
Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī)
Hungarian: thai (hu), thaiföldi (hu)
Interlingua: thailandese
Italian: tailandese (it), tailandesi (it) pl
Japanese: タイ人 (ja) (タイじん, taijin)
Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay)
Korean: 타이인 (taiin), 태국인 (taegugin), 타이 사람 (tai saram), 태국 사람 (taeguk saram)
Lao: ຄົນໄທ (khon thai)
Latvian: taizemietis m, taizemiete f
Lithuanian: tailandietis (lt) m, tailandietė (lt) f
Macedonian: Тајланѓанец m (Tajlanǵanec), Тајланѓанка f (Tajlanǵanka)
Malay: Siam (dialectal)
Malayalam: തായ് ജനത (tāyŭ janata)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: thailender m, thailending m

Nynorsk: thailendar (nn) m, thailending (nn) m
Pali: deyya m, deyyika m, deyyavāsī m
Persian: تایلندی (tâylandi)
Polish: Taj (pl) m pers, Tajka (pl) f
Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m, tailandesa f
Romanian: thailandez (ro) m, thailandeză (ro) f
Russian: та́ец (ru) m (tájec), та́йка (ru) f (tájka), таила́ндец (ru) m (tailándec), таила́ндка (ru) f (tailándka) (Thai national only)
Shan: ထႆး (shn) (thái)
Slovak: Thajec m, Thajka f
Slovene: Tajec m, Tajka f
Spanish: tailandés (es) m
Swahili: Mthai sg, Wathai pl
Swedish: thailändare (sv) m, thailändska (sv) f
Thai: คน ไทย (kon tai), ชาว ไทย (chaao tai)
Turkish: Tay (tr), Taylandlı
Ukrainian: та́єць m (tájecʹ), та́йка f (tájka), таїла́ндець m (tajilándecʹ), таїла́ндка f (tajilándka) (Thai national only)
Vietnamese: người Thái, người Thái Lan
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

language

Afrikaans: Thai (af)
Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy)
Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʻai)
Asturian: tailandés (ast) m
Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
Basque: tailandiera (eu)
Belarusian: та́йская мо́ва f (tájskaja móva), та́йская f (tájskaja)
Bengali: থাই ভাষা (bn) (thai bhaśa)
Breton: Thai
Bulgarian: та́йски ези́к (tájski ezík)
Burmese: ထိုင်းဘာသာ (htuing:bhasa), ထိုင်းစကား (htuing:ca.ka:)
Catalan: tailandès (ca) m, thai m, tai (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 泰語／泰语 (taai³ jyu⁵)

Mandarin: 泰語／泰语 (zh) (tàiyǔ)
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
Czech: thajština (cs) f
Danish: thailandsk
Dutch: Thai (nl) n
Esperanto: tajlanda (eo), taja lingvo
Estonian: Tai (et)
Farefare: taine, taire
Faroese: tai
Finnish: thai (fi)
Franco-Provençal: tayi m
French: thaï (fr) m
Galician: tailandés (gl) m
Georgian: ტაიური (ṭaiuri), ტაილანდური ენა (ṭailanduri ena)
German: Thailändisch (de) n
Greek: ταϊλανδικά (el) (taïlandiká), ταϋλανδικά n pl (taÿlandiká)
Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Greenlandic: thailandimiutut
Hebrew: תאילנדית \ תַּיְלַנְדִּית f (tailandít)
Hindi: थाई (hi) f (thāī)
Hungarian: thai (hu)
Icelandic: Tai-má, Tælenska
Indonesian: Thai
Interlingua: thailandese
Irish: Téalainnis
Italian: tailandese (it) m, thailandese (it) m
Japanese: タイ語 (ja) (タイご, taigo)
Khmer: ភាសា ថៃ (phiəsaathay), ថៃ (km) (thay)
Korean: 타이어 (ko) (taieo), 태국어 (ko) (taegugeo)
Lao: ພາສາໄທ (lo) (phā sā thai)
Latin: lingua thai f
Latvian: taju valoda f, taju, taizemiešu valoda f, taizemiešu
Lithuanian: tajų kalb f, tajiškai
Macedonian: тајландски јазик m (tajlandski jazik)
Malay: bahasa Siam
Malayalam: തായ് (ml) (tāyŭ)
Maltese: Tajlandiż
Marathi: थाई (thāī)
Moksha: тайень (tajeń)
Mongolian: тай (mn) (taj)
Navajo: Tʼáí bizaad
Nepali: थाई (thāī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: thai (no) m

Nynorsk: thai m
Pali: deyyabhāsā f
Persian: تایلندی (tâylandi)
Polish: język tajski m
Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m
Romanian: thailandeză (ro) f
Russian: та́йский язы́к m (tájskij jazýk), та́йский (ru) m (tájskij)
Sarikoli: Tai ziv
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тајски језик m

Roman: tajski jezik m
Shughni: таи зив (tai ziv)
Sinhalese: තායි (si) (tāyi)
Slovak: thajčina (sk) f
Slovene: tajščina f
Spanish: tailandés (es) m
Swahili: Kithai class 7
Swedish: thailändska (sv)
Tamil: தாய் (ta) (tāy)
Thai: ภาษา ไทย (paa-sǎa tai)
Turkish: Tayca (tr), Taylandca
Ukrainian: та́йська мо́ва f (tájsʹka móva), та́йська (uk) f (tájsʹka)
Urdu: تهائی f (thāī)
Vietnamese: tiếng Thái Lan (vi), tiếng Thái (vi)
Walloon: Taylandès
Welsh: Tai
White Hmong: lus thaib
Yagnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tayi zivok)
Yazghulami: таи звег (tai zveg)
Zhuang: ^{(please verify)} vahdai

A Thai cat.

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Translations to be checked

Tamil: ^{(please verify)} தாய் (ta) (tāy)

Anagrams

Ahti, Hati, thia-

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Thai

Wikipedia ^af

Noun

Thai (plural Thais)

Thai (person from Thailand or of Thai descent)
Synonym: Thailander
(uncountable) Thai (cuisine)
Synonym: Thai-kos

Derived terms

Thais

Proper noun

Thai

Thai (language)