ไร่

See also: ไร้ and ไร

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *rɤjᴮ (“dry field”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩱ᩵, Isan ไฮ่, Lao ໄຮ່ (hai), Lü ᦺᦣᧈ (hay1), Shan ႁႆႈ (hāi), Tai Dam ꪼꪭ꪿, Ahom 𑜑𑜩 (hay), Zhuang reih. Sagart (2011) considers this a borrowing from Austroasiatic, compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *sreʔ (“field”); Vietnamese rẫy is a back-loan from Tai.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicไร่
ai r ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonrâi
Royal Instituterai
(standard) IPA(key)/raj˥˩/(R)

Noun

ไร่ • (râi)

  1. terrace (on a mountain slope).
  2. plantation, field (planted in crops other than cereals).
  3. rai, area of land equal to 4 ngan (งาน), or 400 square wa (ตารางวา), or 1600 square meters.
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