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Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *rɤjᴮ (“dry field”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩱ᩵, Isan ไฮ่, Lao ໄຮ່ (hai), Lü ᦺᦣᧈ (hay¹), Shan ႁႆႈ (hāi), Tai Dam ꪼꪭ꪿, Ahom 𑜑𑜩 (hay), Zhuang reih. Sagart (2011) considers this a borrowing from Austroasiatic, compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *sreʔ (“field”); Vietnamese rẫy is a back-loan from Tai.
Pronunciation
Noun
ไร่ • (râi)
- terrace (on a mountain slope).
- plantation, field (planted in crops other than cereals).
- rai, area of land equal to 4 ngan (งาน), or 400 square wa (ตารางวา), or 1600 square meters.