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Thai
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Khmer trai (“triple; threefold”); ultimately from Sanskrit त्रय (traya, “triple”), from which Thai ตรัย (dtrai) is derived. Cognate with Lao ໄຕ (tai), Modern Khmer ត្រៃ (tray).
Numeral
ไตร
- (elegant) three.
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Etymology 2
Noun
ไตร • (dtrai)
- (Buddhism) (ผ้า~) Clipping of ไตรจีวร.
Etymology 3
Noun
ไตร • (dtrai)
- (Buddhism) Clipping of ไตรปิฎก (dtrai-bpì-dòk).
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Etymology 4
From Old Khmer trai (“formidable; fearsome”).
Adjective
ไตร • (dtrai)
- (elegant, archaic, poetic, literary) great, grand; majestic, august, stately; formidable, fearsome, awesome; smart, bright, excellent.
Adverb
ไตร • (dtrai)
- (elegant, archaic, poetic, literary) greater (than); over; beyond; more (than).
Etymology 5
Uncertain.
Verb
ไตร • (dtrai) (abstract noun การไตร)
- (archaic) to determine, to fix, to specify, to indicate, to stipulate; to count, to calculate; to check, to verify.
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