ฝาย

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *hwaːjᴬ (“dam”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨺᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຝາຍ (fāi), Lü ᦚᦻ (ḟaay), Shan ၽၢႆ (phǎai) or ၾၢႆ (fǎai), Bouyei waail, Zhuang fai.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicฝาย
v ā y
RomanizationPaiboonfǎai
Royal Institutefai
(standard) IPA(key)/faːj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ฝาย • (fǎai)

  1. weir; small dam.
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