ใหญ่

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Thai

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Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰɲaj/aɰᴮ¹ (“big; to grow large”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿᩱ᩵ or ᩉ᩠ᨿᩲ᩵, Lao ໃຫຍ່ (nyai), Lü ᦺᦊᧈ (ẏay¹), Tai Dam ꪻꪐ꪿, Shan ယႂ်ႇ (yàue), Ahom 𑜐𑜧 (ñaw), 𑜊𑜨𑜧 (jʸow) or 𑜊𑜧𑜤 (jʸawu).

Pronunciation

Orthographicใหญ่
au h ɲ ˋ
Phonemic
ไหฺย่
ai h ̥ y ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonyài
Royal Instituteyai
(standard) IPA(key)/jaj˨˩/(R)

Adjective

ใหญ่ • (yài) (abstract noun ความใหญ่)

  1. big; very big; large; great.
  2. important; main.
    ถนนใหญ่
    tà-nǒn yài
    main street; boulevard
    หนังใหญ่
    nǎng-yài
    grand shadow play
    แผ่นดินใหญ่
    pɛ̀n-din yài
    mainland

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Verb

ใหญ่ • (yài)

  1. to be big; to be large; to be huge; to be enormous.
  2. to be major; to be extensive; to be sizeable.
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