"ไท" meaning in Thai

See ไท in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʰaj˧/ [standard] Forms: tai [romanization], ไต [alternative, rare]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *dajᴬ² (“Tai people; freedom”), from Proto-Tai *ɗwɤːjᴬ (“free”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨴᩱ, Lao ໄທ (thai) or obsolete ໄຕ (tai), Lü ᦺᦑ (tay), Tai Dam ꪼꪕ, Shan တႆး (tái), Aiton တႝ (tay), Phake တႝ (tay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay); when each word is solely used, it refers to its own ethnic group. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|th|tai-swe-pro|*dajᴬ²||Tai people; freedom|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Southwestern Tai *dajᴬ² (“Tai people; freedom”), {{inh+|th|tai-swe-pro|*dajᴬ²||Tai people; freedom}} Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *dajᴬ² (“Tai people; freedom”), {{inh|th|tai-pro|*ɗwɤːjᴬ|t=free}} Proto-Tai *ɗwɤːjᴬ (“free”), {{cog|nod|ᨴᩱ}} Northern Thai ᨴᩱ, {{cog|lo|ໄທ}} Lao ໄທ (thai), {{cog|khb|ᦺᦑ}} Lü ᦺᦑ (tay), {{cog|blt|ꪼꪕ}} Tai Dam ꪼꪕ, {{cog|shn|တႆး}} Shan တႆး (tái), {{cog|aio|တႝ}} Aiton တႝ (tay), {{cog|phk|တႝ}} Phake တႝ (tay), {{cog|aho|𑜄𑜩}} Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay) Head templates: {{th-noun}} ไท • (tai)
  1. Tai ethnic group, a widespread ethnic group of Southeast Asia associated with the valley paddy-rice culture.
    Sense id: en-ไท-th-noun--ekMR8qP
  2. Tai languages, a subfamily of the Tai-Kadai language family. Among the Tai languages are Thai, Lao, Shan, and Zhuang.
    Sense id: en-ไท-th-noun-fdCCBaGx Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms with redundant script codes, Demonyms Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 49 20 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 61 10 2 2 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 12 77 10 1 1 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 14 68 15 2 2 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 15 74 5 3 3
  3. (archaic) Siam; Siamese. (Now uses ไทย) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-ไท-th-noun-k9Nzoa4R
  4. freedom; independence.
    Sense id: en-ไท-th-noun-ded5GGxt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ไทดำ (tai-dam), ไทใต้คง (tai-dtâai-kong), ไทพวน (tai-puuan), ไทลื้อ (tai-lʉ́ʉ), ผู้ไท (pûu-tai) Related terms: ไทย (tai)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tʰaj˦˥/ [standard], /tʰaj˧/ [standard] Forms: tái [romanization]
Etymology: From English tie. Etymology templates: {{bor|th|en|tie}} English tie Head templates: {{th-noun|phon=ไท้}} ไท • (tái)
  1. tie; necktie.
    Sense id: en-ไท-th-noun-LFZ-ZMaC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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