มวยไทย

Thai

Etymology

From มวย (muai, “muay; boxing”) + ไทย (tai, “Thai; pertaining to Thailand”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		มวยไทย m w y ai d y
Phonemic		มวย-ไท m w y – ai d
Romanization	Paiboon	muai-tai
	Royal Institute	muai-thai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/mua̯j˧.tʰaj˧/
Audio

Noun

มวยไทย • (muai-tai)

Muay Thai (literally: Free Fight or Free Boxing)

See also

ប្រដាល់សេរី (prɑɑdalseerii) (Cambodia)
Muay Lao (Laos)
Lethwei (Myanmar)
Muay Boran (ancient boxing)
Lerdrit (military form of Muay Thai)

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