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ตะไคร้

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Thai

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Etymology

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Compare Khmer គ្រៃ (krɨy) (as in ស្លឹកគ្រៃ (slək krɨy)), Northern Thai จะไคร, Isan ซิงไค, Southern Thai ไคร, Lao ສິງໄຄ (sing khai).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicตะไคร้
t a ai g r ˆ
Phonemic
ตะ-ไคฺร้
t a – ai g ̥ r ˆ
RomanizationPaiboondtà-krái
Royal Instituteta-khrai
(standard) IPA(key)/ta˨˩.kʰraj˦˥/(R)

Noun

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ตะไคร้ (dtà-krái)

  1. lemongrass (Cymbopogon).