ชัย

Thai

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Alternative forms

Alternative forms

ชย
ไชย (chai)

Etymology

From Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”) or Pali jaya (“victory”); probably via Old Khmer jaya°, °jaya, jayya°. Cognate with Khmer ជ័យ (cɨy), ជយ (cɔɔy); Lao ໄຊ (sai).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ชัย d͡ʑ ạ y
Phonemic		ไช ai d͡ʑ	[bound form] ไช-ยะ- ai d͡ʑ – y a –
Romanization	Paiboon	chai	chai-yá-
	Royal Institute	chai	chai-ya-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕʰaj˧/	/t͡ɕʰaj˧.ja˦˥./
Homophones edit		ไช ไชย

Noun

ชัย • (chai)

victory.
(เรือ~) royal barge serving as the presiding barge or containing the Buddha image พระชัย (prá-chai) in a royal barge procession.

Related terms

Related terms

ชโย (chá-yoo)
ไชโย (chai-yoo)

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