"พราย" meaning in Thai

See พราย in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pʰraːj˧/ [standard] Forms: praai [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Khmer brāya, from Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), Lao ພາຍ (phāi), Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”). Compare Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ. Etymology templates: {{bor|th|okz|brāya}} Old Khmer brāya, {{bor|th|okz-ang|vrāy|gloss=(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc}} Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”), {{cog|km|ព្រាយ}} Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), {{cog|lo|ພາຍ}} Lao ພາຍ (phāi), {{cog|shn|ၽၢႆး}} Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), {{cog|phk|ၸႝ|t=giant, monster}} Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), {{cog|aio|ၸႝ|t=giant, monster}} Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), {{cog|aho|𑜇𑜩|t=giant}} Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”), {{inh|th|tai-pro|*praːiᴬ}} Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ Head templates: {{th-adj|-}} พราย • (praai)
  1. (figurative) dazzling; sparkling; glittering; twinkling; shining. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-พราย-th-adj-oINzXvFj

Noun

IPA: /pʰraːj˧/ [standard] Forms: praai [romanization], ตน [classifier]
Etymology: From Old Khmer brāya, from Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), Lao ພາຍ (phāi), Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”). Compare Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ. Etymology templates: {{bor|th|okz|brāya}} Old Khmer brāya, {{bor|th|okz-ang|vrāy|gloss=(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc}} Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”), {{cog|km|ព្រាយ}} Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), {{cog|lo|ພາຍ}} Lao ພາຍ (phāi), {{cog|shn|ၽၢႆး}} Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), {{cog|phk|ၸႝ|t=giant, monster}} Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), {{cog|aio|ၸႝ|t=giant, monster}} Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), {{cog|aho|𑜇𑜩|t=giant}} Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”), {{inh|th|tai-pro|*praːiᴬ}} Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ Head templates: {{th-noun|ตน}} พราย • (praai) (classifier ตน)
  1. (Thailand folklore) (ผี~; if being a female: นาง~) a type of ghost, generally conceived of as being the ghost of a person, especially a woman, who died violently. Tags: Thailand
    Sense id: en-พราย-th-noun-mYaFaIMR Categories (other): Thai Thai, Folklore, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai nouns classified by ตน, Thai terms with redundant script codes, Ghosts Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 15 33 4 28 Disambiguation of Thai nouns classified by ตน: 17 25 17 11 15 14 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 9 33 21 13 9 15 Disambiguation of Ghosts: 15 29 12 10 17 17 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
  2. (folklore, mythology, loosely) a type of imaginary creature, conceived of as inhabiting the rivers, mountains, trees, etc, as nymph, elf, naiad, etc. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-พราย-th-noun-J8nCdXM1 Categories (other): Folklore, Mythology, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 15 33 4 28 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 4 9 41 27 2 16 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  3. (now rare) circle on the surface of water: ripple, riffle, etc. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-พราย-th-noun-8P-xU~ti Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 11 13 39 4 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 11 13 40 4 28 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 15 33 4 28

Verb

IPA: /pʰraːj˧/ [standard] Forms: praai [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Khmer brāya, from Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), Lao ພາຍ (phāi), Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”). Compare Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ. Etymology templates: {{bor|th|okz|brāya}} Old Khmer brāya, {{bor|th|okz-ang|vrāy|gloss=(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc}} Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”), {{cog|km|ព្រាយ}} Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), {{cog|lo|ພາຍ}} Lao ພາຍ (phāi), {{cog|shn|ၽၢႆး}} Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), {{cog|phk|ၸႝ|t=giant, monster}} Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), {{cog|aio|ၸႝ|t=giant, monster}} Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), {{cog|aho|𑜇𑜩|t=giant}} Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”), {{inh|th|tai-pro|*praːiᴬ}} Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ Head templates: {{th-verb|-}} พราย • (praai)
  1. (figurative) to dazzle; to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle; to shine. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-พราย-th-verb-Gt2XwfCk
  2. (figurative) to spread, scatter, or disperse, like a ripple on the surface of water. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-พราย-th-verb-BLyXIWO~ Categories (other): Thai entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 15 33 4 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: กระจัดพลัดพราย, กลเม็ดเด็ดพราย, น้ำมันพราย (nám-man-praai), พรายกระซิบ, พรายตานี, พรายทะเล, พรายน้ำ, พรายแพรว, พรายย้ำ, พริ้งพราย, พริ้มพราย, พลัดพราย, เพริศพราย, เพรี้ยมพราย, แพร่งพราย, แพรวพราย, เม็ดพราย, แย้มพราย (yɛ́ɛm-praai), รุ้งพราย, เลื่อมพราย, สมิงพราย, โหงพราย
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "shn",
        "2": "ၽၢႆး"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "tai-pro",
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "(ผี~; if being a female: นาง~) a type of ghost, generally conceived of as being the ghost of a person, especially a woman, who died violently."
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        "(Thailand folklore) (ผี~; if being a female: นาง~) a type of ghost, generally conceived of as being the ghost of a person, especially a woman, who died violently."
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        "(now rare) circle on the surface of water: ripple, riffle, etc."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "expansion": "Old Khmer brāya",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "ၸႝ",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ၸႝ",
        "t": "giant, monster"
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      "expansion": "Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aho",
        "2": "𑜇𑜩",
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      "expansion": "Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "tai-pro",
        "3": "*praːiᴬ"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "praai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "พราย • (praai)",
      "name": "th-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dazzling; sparkling; glittering; twinkling; shining."
      ],
      "id": "en-พราย-th-adj-oINzXvFj",
      "links": [
        [
          "dazzling",
          "dazzling"
        ],
        [
          "sparkling",
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        ],
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          "glittering",
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        ],
        [
          "twinkling",
          "twinkling"
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          "shining",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) dazzling; sparkling; glittering; twinkling; shining."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pʰraːj˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "พราย"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "กระจัดพลัดพราย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "กลเม็ดเด็ดพราย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nám-man-praai",
      "word": "น้ำมันพราย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "พรายกระซิบ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "2": "okz-ang",
        "3": "vrāy",
        "gloss": "(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc"
      },
      "expansion": "Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "ព្រាយ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ພາຍ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ພາຍ (phāi)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shn",
        "2": "ၽၢႆး"
      },
      "expansion": "Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phk",
        "2": "ၸႝ",
        "t": "giant, monster"
      },
      "expansion": "Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aio",
        "2": "ၸႝ",
        "t": "giant, monster"
      },
      "expansion": "Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aho",
        "2": "𑜇𑜩",
        "t": "giant"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "tai-pro",
        "3": "*praːiᴬ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Khmer brāya, from Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), Lao ພາຍ (phāi), Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”). Compare Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "praai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "พราย • (praai)",
      "name": "th-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dazzle; to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle; to shine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dazzle",
          "dazzle"
        ],
        [
          "sparkle",
          "sparkle"
        ],
        [
          "glitter",
          "glitter"
        ],
        [
          "twinkle",
          "twinkle"
        ],
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to dazzle; to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle; to shine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to spread, scatter, or disperse, like a ripple on the surface of water."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "scatter",
          "scatter"
        ],
        [
          "disperse",
          "disperse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to spread, scatter, or disperse, like a ripple on the surface of water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰraːj˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "พราย"
}

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