ไห

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See also: ไห้

Saek

Adjective

ไห (transliteration needed)

  1. beautiful

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *krajᴬ (jug). Cognate with Lao ໄຫ (hai), ᦺᦠ (ḣay, jug; steamer), Shan ႁႆ (hǎi, steamer), Tai Nüa ᥞᥭᥴ (háy, jug; steamer), Saek ไห่, Zuojiang Zhuang haej.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicไห
ai h
RomanizationPaiboonhǎi
Royal Institutehai
(standard) IPA(key)/haj˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesหัย

Noun

ไห (hǎi) (classifier ลูก or ใบ)

  1. vessel, especially one made of baked clay and higher than it is wide, as vase, jar, jug, urn, etc.

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