ไท

See also: ไท้

Thai

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *dajᴬ² (“Tai people; freedom”), from Proto-Tai *ɗwɤːjᴬ (“free”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨴᩱ, Lao ໄທ (thai) or obsolete ໄຕ (tai), Lü ᦺᦑ (tay), Tai Dam ꪼꪕ, Shan တႆး (tái), Aiton တႝ (tay), Phake တႝ (tay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay); when each word is solely used, it refers to its own ethnic group.

Alternative forms

• ไต (dtai) — rare

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ไท ai d
Romanization	Paiboon	tai
	Royal Institute	thai
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaj˧/(R)
Homophones edit		ไทย
Audio

Noun

ไท • (tai)

1. Tai ethnic group, a widespread ethnic group of Southeast Asia associated with the valley paddy-rice culture.
2. Tai languages, a subfamily of the Tai-Kadai language family. Among the Tai languages are Thai, Lao, Shan, and Zhuang.
3. (archaic) Siam; Siamese. (Now uses ไทย)
4. freedom; independence.

Derived terms

• ไทดำ (tai-dam)
• ไทใต้คง (tai-dtâai-kong)
• ไทพวน (tai-puuan)
• ไทลื้อ (tai-lʉ́ʉ)
• ผู้ไท (pûu-tai)

See also

• ไทย (tai)

Etymology 2

From English tie.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ไท ai d
Phonemic		ไท้ ai d ˆ	ไท ai d
Romanization	Paiboon	tái	tai
	Royal Institute	thai	thai
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaj˦˥/(R)	/tʰaj˧/(R)
Homophones edit			ไทย
Audio

Noun

ไท • (tái)

1. tie; necktie.