From Pali visaya (“region, domain; scope, purview; subject, theme; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer វិស័យ (visay); Lao ວິໄສ (wi sai). Compare Sanskrit विषय (viṣaya), from which Old Khmer viṣaya, viṣaiya, visaiya (“territory; region; domain; area”) were derived.
Orthographic | วิสัย w i s ạ y | |
Phonemic | วิ-ไส w i – ai s | |
Romanization | Paiboon | wí-sǎi |
Royal Institute | wi-sai | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /wi˦˥.saj˩˩˦/(R) |
วิสัย • (wí-sǎi)