"อะไร" meaning in Thai

See อะไร in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ʔa˨˩.raj˧/ [standard] Forms: à-rai [romanization]
Etymology: From contraction of older อัน (an) + ไร (rai). Etymology templates: {{af|th|อัน|ไร}} อัน (an) + ไร (rai) Head templates: {{th-pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} อะไร • (à-rai)
  1. (interrogative) what? Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-อะไร-th-pron-LMmlmuFO Categories (other): Thai interrogative pronouns, Thai pronouns Disambiguation of Thai interrogative pronouns: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Thai pronouns: 33 33 33
  2. something; anything.
    Sense id: en-อะไร-th-pron-fDXVuHJ7 Categories (other): Thai interrogative pronouns, Thai pronouns Disambiguation of Thai interrogative pronouns: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Thai pronouns: 33 33 33
  3. whatever.
    Sense id: en-อะไร-th-pron-jnnzK~Bv Categories (other): Thai interrogative pronouns, Thai pronouns Disambiguation of Thai interrogative pronouns: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Thai pronouns: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: นับประสาอะไร, ว่าอะไรว่าตามกัน, สำมะหาอะไร, สำหาอะไร
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 0 0 0
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      "_dis": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ว่าอะไรว่าตามกัน"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "สำมะหาอะไร"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "สำหาอะไร"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From contraction of older อัน (an) + ไร (rai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "à-rai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "pos": "pron",
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              0,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "What? What was that? Pardon?",
          "roman": "à-rai ná?",
          "text": "อะไรนะ?",
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        "what?"
      ],
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        "something; anything."
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      ],
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        "whatever."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "whatever",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ʔa˨˩.raj˧/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "อะไร"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "นับประสาอะไร"
    },
    {
      "word": "ว่าอะไรว่าตามกัน"
    },
    {
      "word": "สำมะหาอะไร"
    },
    {
      "word": "สำหาอะไร"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From contraction of older อัน (an) + ไร (rai).",
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    {
      "form": "à-rai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "pos": "pron",
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          "english": "What? What was that? Pardon?",
          "roman": "à-rai ná?",
          "text": "อะไรนะ?",
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        "what?"
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        "(interrogative) what?"
      ],
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        "something; anything."
      ],
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          "something",
          "something"
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        [
          "anything",
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        "whatever."
      ],
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        [
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa˨˩.raj˧/",
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    }
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  "word": "อะไร"
}

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