ไก่

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (chicken), from Middle Chinese (MC kei, “chicken”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay1), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kày), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Zhuang gaeq.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicไก่
aikˋ
RomanizationPaiboongài
Royal Institutekai
(standard) IPA(key)/kaj˨˩/

Noun

ไก่ (gài) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) fowl.
  2. domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc.

Derived terms

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