ทาย

Thai

Etymology 1

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨴ᩠ᩅᩤ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᨴ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ທວາຍ (thuāi) or ທາຍ (thāi), Lü ᦑᦻ (taay), Tai Nüa ᥗᥣᥭᥳ (thȧay).

Compare Middle Khmer ទាយ (dāya, “to predict, to foretell; to interpret”) (whence Khmer ទាយ (tiəy)), extended as -ទំនាយ (°daṃnāya), from which Thai ทำนาย (tam-naai) is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ทาย d ā y
Romanization	Paiboon	taai
	Royal Institute	thai
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaːj˧/(R)

Verb

ทาย • (taai) (abstract noun การทาย)

1. to divine; to prophesy; to predict.
2. (of a dream, omen, sign, etc) to interpret; to read.
3. to ask; to put (a question); to seek an answer (for a question); to question.
4. (of an answer, secret, feeling, etc) to guess; to figure out.
5. (only in combination) to greet; to welcome.

Derived terms

• คำทาย
• ทักทาย (ták-taai)
• ท้าทาย (táa-taai)
• ทายทัก
• ทำนายทายทัก
• เสี่ยงทาย (sìiang-taai)

 

Etymology 2

From corruption of Pali ādāya (“having held; having taken”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ทาย d ā y
Romanization	Paiboon	taai
	Royal Institute	thai
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaːj˧/(R)

Verb

ทาย • (taai)

1. (archaic, poetic) to lift, to raise, to elevate; to hold, to carry.

Derived terms

• ทะทาย

Etymology 3

From Pali dāya (“gift; donation”), from Sanskrit दाय (dāya, idem).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ทาย d ā y
Phonemic		[bound form] ทา-ยะ- d ā – y a –
Romanization	Paiboon	taa-yá-
	Royal Institute	tha-ya-
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaː˧.ja˦˥./

Adjective

ทาย • (taai)

1. (elegant, only in combination) given; granted.

Derived terms

• ทายสมบัติ