ซ้าย

Thai

Etymology

From Old Chinese 左 (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls). Cognate with Lao ຊ້າຍ (sāi), Shan သၢႆႉ (sâ̰ay), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say), Zhuang swix.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicซ้าย
z ˆ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonsáai
Royal Institutesai
(standard) IPA(key)/saːj˦˥/

Noun

ซ้าย • (sáai)

  1. left side (opposite of right).

Derived terms
  • ข้างซ้าย (“on the left; towards the left”)
  • เบื้องซ้าย (“to the left”)
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