ไท

See also: ไท้

Thai

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicไท
ai d
RomanizationPaiboontai
Royal Institutethai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaj˧/
Homophonesไทย
Audio

Adjective

ไท • (tai) (abstract noun ความไท)

  1. free; independent.

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. Shan ethnic minority.
Derived terms
Derived terms

See also
See also

Etymology 2

From English tie.

Pronunciation
Orthographicไท
ai d
Phonemicไท้
ai d ˆ		ไท
ai d
RomanizationPaiboontáitai
Royal Institutethaithai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaj˦˥//tʰaj˧/
Homophonesไทย
Audio

Noun

ไท • (tái)

  1. tie; necktie.
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