ຊາຍ

See also: ຊ້າຍ

Lao

Alternative forms
  • (dated) ຊາຽ (sāi)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saːj˦˥/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“male”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai), Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), Lü ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsaay2), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay), Zhuang sai.

Noun

ຊາຍ • (sāi)

  1. male, man

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“eaves”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai).

Noun

ຊາຍ • (sāi)

  1. edge
  2. eaves

Etymology 3

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *zaːjᴬ (“sand”), from Proto-Tai *zwɯəjᴬ (“sand”), from Old Chinese 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls, “sand”). Cognate with Thai ทราย (saai), Shan သၢႆး (sáay), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say) or 𑜏𑜩𑜤 (sayu), Zhuang saiz.

Noun

ຊາຍ • (sāi)

  1. sand

Derived terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.