ไข้

See also: ไข and ไข่

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *k.raj (“illness; fever”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩱ ᩶, Lao ໄຂ້ (khai), Lü ᦺᦃᧉ (ẋay²), Shan ၶႆႈ (khāy), Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ไข้ ai kʰ ˆ
Phonemic		ไค่ ai g ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kâi
	Royal Institute	khai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰaj˥˩/

Noun

ไข้ • (kâi)

sickness; illness (as in คนไข้ (kon-kâi), เจ็บไข้ (jèp-kâi), ป่วยไข้).
fever; pyrexia; a higher-than-normal body temperature of a person.

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