สาย

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

สาย

  1. Thai script form of sāya


See also

You are probably looking for สายํ (adverb) (sāyaṃ, in the evening).

Thai

สาย C / route C

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสาย
sāy
RomanizationPaiboonsǎai
Royal Institutesai
(standard) IPA(key)/saːj˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

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Adjective

สาย • (sǎai) (abstract noun ความสาย)

  1. late; delayed.

Noun

สาย • (sǎai)

  1. late morning.

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *saːjᴬ (cord; string). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ສາຍ (sāi), ᦉᦻ (ṡaay), Tai Dam ꪎꪱꪥ, Tai Dón ꪎꪱꪥ, Tai Daeng ꪎꪱꪥ, Shan သၢႆ (sǎai), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥭᥴ (sáay), Aiton ꩬႝ (say), Phake ꩬႝ (say), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say), Zhuang sai, Zuojiang Zhuang sai.

Noun

สาย • (sǎai)

  1. line; wire; rope; string; strap.
  2. connection; tie.
  3. telephone call; telephone extension; telephone line.
  4. (poetic) darling; dearest; beloved.
  5. method; route; way.
  6. ranking belt for judo, karate, or jiujitsu.
  7. wind gust.
  8. raindrops falling in streaks.
  9. lightning bolt.
  10. stream of water; current; rivulet.
  11. flower stalk.
  12. (slang) one who is obsessed about something.
    สายเปย์
    sǎai bpee
    a person who likes to pay the bills; sugar daddy.
    สายแดก
    sǎai dɛ̀ɛk
    a person who likes to eat all the time.
    สาย ฝ.
    sǎai · fɔ̌ɔ
    a person obsessed about Western culture or people.
Derived terms

Classifier

สาย • (sǎai)

  1. Classifier for roads, strings, wires, rivers, and other stringy things.
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