"ทำไม" meaning in Thai

See ทำไม in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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: 91 9 Disambiguation of Thai pronouns: 86 14 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, ไย (yai), เหตุไฉน, เหตุใด, เหตุผลกลใด, เหตุไร, เหตุอันใด
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "tam-mai",
      "tags": [
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "pron",
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      "glosses": [
        "why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ทำไม-th-pron-HffwgcEA",
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          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
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        ],
        [
          "cause",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ฉันจะไป เธอจะทำไม\nchǎn jà bpai · təə jà tam-mai\nI'm gonna go. What you gonna do (with me)?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what to do?"
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      "id": "en-ทำไม-th-pron-tEkXccqp",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
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        ]
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        "(colloquial) what to do?"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰam˧.maj˧/",
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  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chà-nǎi",
      "word": "ไฉน"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ด้วยเหตุใด"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เป็นไฉน"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพราะเหตุใด"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพราะเหตุไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพราะอะไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pʉ̂ʉa",
      "word": "เพื่อ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เพื่ออะไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yai",
      "word": "ไย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุไฉน"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุใด"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุผลกลใด"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "เหตุอันใด"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ทำไม"
}
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    "Thai interrogative pronouns",
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    "Thai pronouns",
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  "etymology_text": "Corrupted from older ทำไร.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tam-mai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
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        [
          "why",
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        ],
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          "what",
          "what"
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    },
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        {
          "text": "ฉันจะไป เธอจะทำไม\nchǎn jà bpai · təə jà tam-mai\nI'm gonna go. What you gonna do (with me)?",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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  ],
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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"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yai",
      "word": "ไย"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุไฉน"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุใด"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุผลกลใด"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุไร"
    },
    {
      "word": "เหตุอันใด"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ทำไม"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ทำไม meaning in Thai (1.8kB)

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