ไฟ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (fire). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (pháy) or ၾႆး (fáy), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fay2), Zhuang feiz, Bouyei fix, Saek วี๊. Compare also Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy (whence Tagalog apoy, Malay api).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicไฟ
aiv
RomanizationPaiboonfai
Royal Institutefai
(standard) IPA(key)/faj˧/

Noun

ไฟ (fai)

  1. fire; flame.
  2. light; light source.
  3. (colloquial) electricity.
  4. (slang) energy; spirit; vitality.

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