ไหว้

Compare Lao ໄຫວ້ (wai), Lü ᦺᦛᧉ (v̇ay²), Shan ဝႆႈ (wāi), Vietnamese vái, Middle Chinese 𢷎／拜 (MC peajH peajH, “worship，bow, pray”).

ไหว้ • (wâai)

1. wai, an expression of respect or reverence by pressing the palms together, accompanied by a bow if rendered to a person of higher status or to a sacred figure or object.

ไหว้ • (wâai) (abstract noun การไหว้)

1. to perform a wai.
2. to pay respect, with or as if with a wai.
3. to have respect or reverence (for).
4. to make an earnest entreaty.
   • 2016, ฟ้าดุษฎี, จำเลยอัคนี‎, Bangkok: eReader (Thailand), page 124:

     อย่าขายฉันเลยนะคะ ฉันไหว้ล่ะ ฉันอยากกลับบ้าน ปล่อยฉันไปเถอะนะ

     yàa kǎai chǎn ləəi ná ká · chǎn wâai lâ · chǎn yàak glàp bâan · bplɔ̀i chǎn bpai tə̀ ná

     Don't put me on sale, I beg [you]. I want to return home. [Please] let me go.

5. to worship.

   ไหว้เจ้า

   wâai jâao

   to worship God

   ไหว้พระจันทร์

   wâai prá jan

   to worship the Moon

• ນົບ (nop) (a similar gesture used in Laos)
• សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh) (a similar gesture used in Cambodia)