ᨼᩱ

See also: ᨼ᩶ᩣ

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (fire). Cognate with Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay),Thai ไฟ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (phái) or ၾႆး (fái), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Bouyei fix, Saek วี๊.

Pronunciation

Orthographicᨼᩱ
Phonemicไฟ
ai f
RomanizationPaiboonfai
Royal Institutefai
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/faj˧/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/faj˧˧˦/

Noun

ᨼᩱ • (fai)

  1. fire