tajs

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (thai, “Thai”), made into a first-declension masculine noun.

tajs m (1st declension, feminine form: tajiete)

1. (rare, usually tajietis) (male) Thai; a man, a person belonging to the Thai people of Thailand

   aptuveni 55% Taizemes iedzīvotāju ir taji ― approximately 55% of the inhabitants of Thailand are Thai

2. (genitive plural) Thai; pertaining to Thailand, to the Thai people, or their language

   taju valoda ― the Thai language

   taju alfabēts ― the Thai alphabet

   taju ēdiens ― Thai food

   taju jaunais gads ― the Thai new year

Usually tajs (rare, usually found in its genitive plural form taju, used as an adjective), tajietis, tajiete and tajisks refer to the Thai people as an ethnic group, while taizemietis, taizemiete, taizemisks refer to citizens of Thailand, including those who are not ethnically Thai.

• tajietis
• taizemietis

• Taizeme
• tajisks, taizemisks
• taju valoda, tajiešu valoda, taizemiešu valoda