ไก่
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), from Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kei, “chicken”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay1), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kày), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Zhuang gaeq.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | ไก่ ai k ˋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gài |
| Royal Institute | kai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kaj˨˩/ | |
Noun
ไก่ • (gài) (classifier ตัว)
- (zoology) fowl.
- domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc.
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