อาย

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See also: อายุ

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

อาย m

  1. Thai script form of āya (income)

Declension

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicอาย
ɒ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonaai
Royal Instituteai
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʔaːjᴬ³ (shy, embarrasesd) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋᩣ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᩋᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ອາຍ (ʼāi), ᦀᦻ (˙ʼaay), Tai Dam ꪮꪱꪥ, Shan ဢၢႆ (ʼǎai), Tai Nüa ᥟᥣᥭ (ʼaay), Ahom 𑜒𑜩 (ʼay).

Verb

อาย (aai) (abstract noun การอาย or ความอาย)

  1. to be shy.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Changed from ไอ (ai, vapor).

Noun

อาย (aai)

  1. smell; odor.