"ไฉน" meaning in Thai

See ไฉน in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /t͡ɕʰa˨˩.naj˩˩˦/ [standard] Forms: chà-nǎi [romanization]
Head templates: {{th-pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} ไฉน • (chà-nǎi)
  1. (somewhat elegant and archaic) why? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause? Tags: archaic, formal Synonyms (why): ทำไม (tam-mai)
    Sense id: en-ไฉน-th-pron-4IZm9R7P Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai interrogative pronouns, Thai pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Thai interrogative pronouns: 90 10 Disambiguation of Thai pronouns: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'why': 94 6
  2. (somewhat elegant and archaic) how? what? in what manner? in what way? to what extent or degree? by what means? Tags: archaic, formal Synonyms (how): อย่างไร (yàang-rai)
    Sense id: en-ไฉน-th-pron-mZztxZGz Categories (other): Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'how': 13 87
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          "_dis": "90 10",
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          "_dis": "81 19",
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        "why? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
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        [
          "reason",
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        "(somewhat elegant and archaic) why? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "roman": "tam-mai",
          "sense": "why",
          "word": "ทำไม"
        }
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        "how? what? in what manner? in what way? to what extent or degree? by what means?"
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          "how",
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        [
          "what",
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          "manner",
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        [
          "way",
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        ],
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          "degree",
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          "means",
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        "(somewhat elegant and archaic) how? what? in what manner? in what way? to what extent or degree? by what means?"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "roman": "yàang-rai",
          "sense": "how",
          "word": "อย่างไร"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.naj˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ไฉน"
}
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        "why? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
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          "why",
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        [
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        [
          "reason",
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        "(somewhat elegant and archaic) why? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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        "Thai terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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        "how? what? in what manner? in what way? to what extent or degree? by what means?"
      ],
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          "how",
          "how"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
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        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
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          "extent",
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        [
          "degree",
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        ]
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.naj˩˩˦/",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "tam-mai",
      "sense": "why",
      "word": "ทำไม"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàang-rai",
      "sense": "how",
      "word": "อย่างไร"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ไฉน"
}

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