อุทัย

Thai

Etymology

From Pali udaya or Sanskrit उदय (udaya, “appearance, emergence, rise; income, profit, return; development, improvement; consequence, result; etc”); probably via Old Khmer °udaya, °ūdeya, °ūdaiya°, uday, udaiya (“growth, increase; appearance, emergence, rise; birth; sunrise, dawn; income, profit, revenue; advantage, benefit, interest; wealth; prosperity; etc”). Compare Modern Khmer ឧទយ (ʼŏtôy), ឧទ័យ (ʼŏtôy).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อุทัย ɒ u d ạ y
Phonemic		อุ-ไท ɒ u – ai d
Romanization	Paiboon	ù-tai
	Royal Institute	u-thai
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔu˨˩.tʰaj˧/(R)

Noun

อุทัย • (ù-tai)

1. (elegant) appearance; emergence; rise.

Proper noun

อุทัย • (ù-tai)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of อุทัยธานี (ù-tai-taa-nii).

Verb

อุทัย • (ù-tai) (abstract noun การอุทัย)

1. (elegant, used of a sun, star, etc) to rise; to come into view; to start shining.