ทลาย

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Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ថ្លាយ (thlāya, “to be shattered; to be ruined; etc”) or Angkorian Old Khmer ទ្លាយ៑ (dlāy), ទ្លៃយ៑ (dlaiy, “idem”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *laaj. Cognate with Modern Khmer ធ្លាយ (thliəy). Extended as Thai ทำลาย (tam-laai). Possibly related to สลาย (sà-lǎai).

Pronunciation

Orthographicทลาย
d l ā y
Phonemic
ทะ-ลาย
d a – l ā y
RomanizationPaiboontá-laai
Royal Institutetha-lai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˦˥.laːj˧/(R)
Homophonesทะลาย

Verb

ทลาย • (tá-laai) (abstract noun การทลาย)

  1. to collapse; to fall apart.
  2. to be or become destroyed, broken, shattered, or ruined.
  3. (figurative) to be or become vain or unsuccessful; to come to naught; to fail.
  4. to cause to do so.
  5. (slang) to strike or attack (in order to destroy or cause the fall of).

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