หัวใจ

Thai

Etymology

From หัว (hǔua, “head; bulb; etc”) +‎ ใจ (jai, “heart”). Cognate with Lao ຫົວໃຈ (hūa chai), Shan ႁူဝ်ၸႂ် (hǒ tsǎue), and Lü ᦷᦠᦺᦈ (ḣoṫsay). Compare the literal meaning of Chinese 心頭／心头 (xīntóu).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หัวใจ h ạ w au t͡ɕ
Phonemic		หัว-ไจ h ạ w – ai t͡ɕ
Romanization	Paiboon	hǔua-jai
	Royal Institute	hua-chai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/hua̯˩˩˦.t͡ɕaj˧/^(R)

Noun

หัวใจ • (hǔua-jai)

(anatomy) heart. (classifier ดวง)
(figurative) heart; mind.

Derived terms

หัวใจวาย

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