ວິທີ

Lao

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit विधि (vidhi) or Pali vidhi. Cognate with Thai วิธี (wí-tii), Khmer វិធិ (vithiʼ), វិធី (vithii), ពិធី (pithii).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [ʋiʔ˧.tʰiː˧˥]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [ʋiʔ˧˨.tʰiː˩˨]
• Hyphenation: ວິ-ທີ
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ວິທີ • (wi thī)

1. method, mode, means, way

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vidhī (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• विधी (Devanagari script)
• ৰিধী (Bengali script)
• විධී (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိဓီ or ဝိဓဳ or ဝိꩪီ (Burmese script)
• วิธี (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨵᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິຘີ (Lao script)
• វិធី (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄙𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

ວິທີ (vidī)

1. Lao script form of vidhī, nominative/vocative/accusative plural of ວິທິ (vidi ⇨ vidhi, “method”)