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Thai
Etymology
From Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī, “flute, pipe, tube, stalk; nerve, vein; etc”); compare Sanskrit नाडिका (nāḍikā, “measure of time”). Cognate with Khmer នាទី (niətii, “minute”); Lao ນາທີ (nā thī, “minute”); Lü ᦓᦱᦑᦲ (naatii); Burmese နာရီ (nari, “clock; watch; hour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
นาที • (naa-tii) (classifier นาที)
- minute.
Derived terms
See also
- (units of time) หน่วยเวลา; ปี (bpii, “year”), เดือน (dʉʉan, “month”), สัปดาห์ (sàp-daa, “week”) / อาทิตย์ (aa-tít, “week”), วัน (wan, “day”), ชั่วโมง (chûua-moong, “hour”), นาที (naa-tii, “minute”), วินาที (wí-naa-tii, “second”)