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Thai
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *ʰrwɤːjᴬ (“to disappear”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩣ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᩉᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຫາຍ (hāi), Lü ᦠᦻ (ḣaay), Shan ႁၢႆ (hǎai), Tai Nüa ᥞᥣᥭᥴ (háay), Phake ꩭႝ (hay), Ahom 𑜑𑜩 (hay) or 𑜍𑜩 (ray).
Verb
หาย • (hǎai) (abstract noun การหาย)
- (archaic, intransitive) to ruin, to wreck; to collapse, to fall; to perish, to be destroyed; to end, to pass.[1]
- (intransitive) to disappear; to vanish.
- (transitive) to cause to disappear; to vanish.
- (intransitive) to be lost; to be missing; to be no more.
- (transitive) to lose; to have no more.
- (intransitive, as from or after an illness) to recover; to be cured; to be healed; to improve.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
หาย • (hǎai) (abstract noun การหาย)
- (archaic) to take in; to draw in.
Derived terms
References
- ^ ราชบัณฑิตยสภา (2020) พจนานุกรมโบราณศัพท์ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสภา (in Thai), กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา, →ISBN, page 341: “หาย ก. เสื่อม, สิ้น, สูญ, เสื่อมสูญ”