กลาย

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See also: กล้าย

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicกลาย
k l ā y
Phonemic
กฺลาย
k ̥ l ā y
RomanizationPaiboonglaai
Royal Instituteklai
(standard) IPA(key)/klaːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Lao ກາຍ (kāi), ᦂᦻ (k̇aay), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥭᥰ (käay), Shan ၵၢႆ (kǎai). Compare Khmer ក្លាយ (klaay), Mon ကၠဲာ, Vietnamese trái.

Verb

กลาย (glaai) (abstract noun การกลาย)

  1. (transitive) to change; to transform; to turn.
  2. (intransitive) to change, transform, turn, or grow (into, to be, etc); to become.
  3. (intransitive) to turn out (that, to be, etc).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *klaːjᴬ (last (year)). Cognate with Lao ກາຍ (kāi), Shan ၵၢႆ (kǎai).

Adjective

กลาย (glaai)

  1. (of a year) last; past; previous.