"ไสย" meaning in Thai

See ไสย in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /saj˩˩˦/ [standard], /saj˩˩˦.ja˦˥./ [standard] Forms: sǎi [romanization]
Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva, “of or pertaining to Śiva”); or possibly borrowed from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya), សយ្យ (sayya, “excellent”), from Pali seyya (“better; excellent”). Compare Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas). Cognate with Modern Khmer សៃយ (say). Etymology templates: {{bor+|th|sa|शैव|gloss=of or pertaining to Śiva|nocap=1}} borrowed from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva, “of or pertaining to Śiva”), {{bor+|th|xhm|*សេយ្យ|nocap=1|tr=*seyya}} borrowed from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya), {{der|th|pi|seyya|gloss=better; excellent}} Pali seyya (“better; excellent”), {{cog|sa|श्रेयस्}} Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas), {{cog|km|សៃយ}} Khmer សៃយ (say) Head templates: {{th-noun}} ไสย • (sǎi)
  1. (archaic) Hindu; Hinduism. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-ไสย-th-noun-EDT0gdr3
  2. occult; occult science; occultism; black art.
    Sense id: en-ไสย-th-noun-YTavtglO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms with redundant script codes, Occult Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Occult: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: คุณไสย, ไสยเวท, ไสยศาสตร์ (sǎi-yá-sàat)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "คุณไสย"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ไสยเวท"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sǎi-yá-sàat",
      "word": "ไสยศาสตร์"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "शैव",
        "gloss": "of or pertaining to Śiva",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva, “of or pertaining to Śiva”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "xhm",
        "3": "*សេយ្យ",
        "nocap": "1",
        "tr": "*seyya"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "pi",
        "3": "seyya",
        "gloss": "better; excellent"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali seyya (“better; excellent”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "श्रेयस्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "សៃយ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer សៃយ (say)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva, “of or pertaining to Śiva”); or possibly borrowed from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya), សយ្យ (sayya, “excellent”), from Pali seyya (“better; excellent”). Compare Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas). Cognate with Modern Khmer សៃយ (say).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sǎi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ไสย • (sǎi)",
      "name": "th-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              118,
              123
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              75
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              52
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As for the royal composition Rammakian, [His Majesty] had tried [to write it] in accordance with the stories [in] the Hindu mythology.",
          "ref": "c. 1797, พระบาทสมเด็จพระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก, “รามเกียรติ์”, in นิธิ เอียวศรีวงศ์, editor, ผ้าขาวม้า, ผ้าซิ่น, กางเกงใน และ ฯลฯ, Bangkok: มติชน, published 2014, →ISBN, page 133:",
          "roman": "an prá râat-chá ní-pon raam-má-giian · song piian dtaam rʉ̂ʉang ní-yaai sǎi",
          "text": "อันพระราชนิพนธ์รามเกียรติ์ ทรงเพียรตามเรื่องนิยายไสย",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hindu; Hinduism."
      ],
      "id": "en-ไสย-th-noun-EDT0gdr3",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hindu",
          "Hindu"
        ],
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Hindu; Hinduism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "th",
          "name": "Occult",
          "orig": "th:Occult",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "occult; occult science; occultism; black art."
      ],
      "id": "en-ไสย-th-noun-YTavtglO",
      "links": [
        [
          "occult",
          "occult"
        ],
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ],
        [
          "occultism",
          "occultism"
        ],
        [
          "black art",
          "black art"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "[bound form]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saj˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saj˩˩˦.ja˦˥./",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ไสย"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for transliteration of Thai quotations",
    "Rhymes:Thai/aj",
    "Thai 1-syllable words",
    "Thai 2-syllable words",
    "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
    "Thai lemmas",
    "Thai nouns",
    "Thai prefixes",
    "Thai terms borrowed from Middle Khmer",
    "Thai terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Thai terms derived from Middle Khmer",
    "Thai terms derived from Pali",
    "Thai terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Thai terms with homophones",
    "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
    "th:Occult"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "คุณไสย"
    },
    {
      "word": "ไสยเวท"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǎi-yá-sàat",
      "word": "ไสยศาสตร์"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "शैव",
        "gloss": "of or pertaining to Śiva",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva, “of or pertaining to Śiva”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "xhm",
        "3": "*សេយ្យ",
        "nocap": "1",
        "tr": "*seyya"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "pi",
        "3": "seyya",
        "gloss": "better; excellent"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali seyya (“better; excellent”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "श्रेयस्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "សៃយ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer សៃយ (say)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva, “of or pertaining to Śiva”); or possibly borrowed from Middle Khmer *សេយ្យ (*seyya), សយ្យ (sayya, “excellent”), from Pali seyya (“better; excellent”). Compare Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas). Cognate with Modern Khmer សៃយ (say).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sǎi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ไสย • (sǎi)",
      "name": "th-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Thai terms with archaic senses",
        "Thai terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              118,
              123
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              75
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              52
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As for the royal composition Rammakian, [His Majesty] had tried [to write it] in accordance with the stories [in] the Hindu mythology.",
          "ref": "c. 1797, พระบาทสมเด็จพระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก, “รามเกียรติ์”, in นิธิ เอียวศรีวงศ์, editor, ผ้าขาวม้า, ผ้าซิ่น, กางเกงใน และ ฯลฯ, Bangkok: มติชน, published 2014, →ISBN, page 133:",
          "roman": "an prá râat-chá ní-pon raam-má-giian · song piian dtaam rʉ̂ʉang ní-yaai sǎi",
          "text": "อันพระราชนิพนธ์รามเกียรติ์ ทรงเพียรตามเรื่องนิยายไสย",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hindu; Hinduism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hindu",
          "Hindu"
        ],
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Hindu; Hinduism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "occult; occult science; occultism; black art."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "occult",
          "occult"
        ],
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ],
        [
          "occultism",
          "occultism"
        ],
        [
          "black art",
          "black art"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "[bound form]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saj˩˩˦/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saj˩˩˦.ja˦˥./",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ไสย"
}

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