"ไย" meaning in Thai

See ไย in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /jaj˧/ [standard] Forms: yai [romanization]
Head templates: {{th-adv|-}} ไย • (yai)
  1. (somewhat elegant, chiefly literary and poetic) why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause? Tags: formal, literary, poetic Synonyms: ทำไม (tam-mai)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ไย • (yai)",
      "name": "th-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ไย-th-adv-HffwgcEA",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat elegant, chiefly literary and poetic) why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "tam-mai",
          "word": "ทำไม"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "literary",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jaj˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ไย"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ไย • (yai)",
      "name": "th-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Thai/aj",
        "Thai 1-syllable words",
        "Thai adverbs",
        "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
        "Thai interrogative adverbs",
        "Thai lemmas",
        "Thai literary terms",
        "Thai poetic terms",
        "Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Thai terms with homophones",
        "Thai terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat elegant, chiefly literary and poetic) why? what? for what? for what purpose, reason, or cause?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "literary",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jaj˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tam-mai",
      "word": "ทำไม"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ไย"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ไย meaning in Thai (1.1kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <table> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ไย"
  ],
  "section": "Thai",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "ไย",
  "trace": "started on line 1, detected on line 3"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </tr>",
  "path": [
    "ไย"
  ],
  "section": "Thai",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "ไย",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </table>",
  "path": [
    "ไย"
  ],
  "section": "Thai",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "ไย",
  "trace": ""
}

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