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Believed to be from Palideyya, which in turn is a conversion of Thaiไท(tai, “human being, person; Tai; Siamese Thai; etc”).[1] Declared by the government of Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram to be the name of the modern country and its people, replacing the name สยาม(sà-yǎam, “Siam”), through the constitution dated 3 October 1939 (effective as from 6 October 1939).[2] See ไท(tai) for etymology and cognates.
ผมพูดไทยไม่เป็น ― pǒm pûut tai mâi bpen ― I don't speak Thai (male speaker)
2008 February 7, “ประมวลกฎหมายวิธีพิจารณาความอาญา”, in ห้องสมุดกฎหมาย, Bangkok: สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกฤษฎีกา, archived from the original on 4 October 2020:
2008 February 7, “ประมวลกฎหมายวิธีพิจารณาความอาญา”, in ห้องสมุดกฎหมาย, Bangkok: สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกฤษฎีกา, archived from the original on 4 October 2020:
yîng tam-kwaam-kâo-jai châat-ní-yom bɛ̀ɛp tai tai ... jà yîng póp wâa · gɛɛn sǎm-kan kɔ̌ɔng châat-ní-yom bɛ̀ɛp tai · gɔ̂ kʉʉ · kwaam-pák-dii dtɔ̀ɔ rá-bòp rʉ̌ʉ chʉ̂ʉa-fang rá-bòp
The more try to understand the Thai-style nationalism... the more will realise that the important core of the Thai-style nationalism is loyalty to the regime or obedience to the regime.