"ทำไม" meaning in Thai

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Pronoun

IPA: /tʰam˧.maj˧/ [standard] Forms: tam-mai [romanization]
Etymology: Corrupted from older ทำไร. Head templates: {{th-pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} ทำไม • (tam-mai)
  1. why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?
    Sense id: en-ทำไม-th-pron-HffwgcEA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai interrogative pronouns, Thai pronouns, Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Thai interrogative pronouns: 92 8 Disambiguation of Thai pronouns: 82 18 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 100 0
  2. (colloquial) what to do? Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ทำไม-th-pron-tEkXccqp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ไฉน (chà-nǎi), ด้วยเหตุใด, เป็นไฉน, เพราะเหตุใด, เพราะเหตุไร, เพราะอะไร, เพื่อ (pʉ̂ʉa), เพื่ออะไร, ไม (english: mai), ไย (yai), เหตุไฉน, เหตุใด, เหตุผลกลใด, เหตุไร, เหตุอันใด
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      "glosses": [
        "why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
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          "reason",
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          "cause",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              18
            ],
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              23,
              31
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          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              22,
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          "english": "I'm gonna go. What you gonna do (with me)?",
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      "ipa": "/tʰam˧.maj˧/",
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      "roman": "chà-nǎi",
      "word": "ไฉน"
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      "word": "ด้วยเหตุใด"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เป็นไฉน"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพราะเหตุใด"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพราะเหตุไร"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพราะอะไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pʉ̂ʉa",
      "word": "เพื่อ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพื่ออะไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mai",
      "word": "ไม"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yai",
      "word": "ไย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุไฉน"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุใด"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุผลกลใด"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุอันใด"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ทำไม"
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          "english": "I'm gonna go. What you gonna do (with me)?",
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      "roman": "chà-nǎi",
      "word": "ไฉน"
    },
    {
      "word": "ด้วยเหตุใด"
    },
    {
      "word": "เป็นไฉน"
    },
    {
      "word": "เพราะเหตุใด"
    },
    {
      "word": "เพราะเหตุไร"
    },
    {
      "word": "เพราะอะไร"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pʉ̂ʉa",
      "word": "เพื่อ"
    },
    {
      "word": "เพื่ออะไร"
    },
    {
      "english": "mai",
      "word": "ไม"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yai",
      "word": "ไย"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุไฉน"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุใด"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุผลกลใด"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุไร"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุอันใด"
    }
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  "word": "ทำไม"
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