Thai

Thai

See also: thai, Thái, thaï, Thaï, þai, and Thai.

English

Alternative forms

• (cat): Thaï

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: taille, tie, Ty

Adjective

Thai (comparative more Thai, superlative most Thai)

1. Of or pertaining to Thailand.

Synonyms

• Thailandish

Translations

of or pertaining to Thailand

Albanian: tajlandez Arabic: تَايْلَنْدِيّ‎ (tāylandiyy), تَايْلَانْدِيّ‎‎ (taylandiyy) Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʿai) Asturian: tailandés (ast) Azerbaijani: tay (az), tailand Belarusian: та́йскі (tájski), тайла́ндскі f (tajlándski) Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai) Bulgarian: та́йски (tájski), тайла́ндски (tajlándski) Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:) Catalan: tailandès (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 泰國的／泰国的 (zh) (Tàiguó de), 泰 (zh) (tài) Czech: thajský (cs) Danish: thailandsk Dutch: Thais (nl), Thailands (nl) Esperanto: tajlanda (eo) Estonian: tai (et) Farefare: tai Faroese: tailendskur, teilendskur Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi) French: thaïlandais (fr) m, thaï (fr) m Galician: tailandés (gl) m Georgian: ტაილანდური (ṭailanduri), ტაი (ṭai) German: thailändisch (de) Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī) Hungarian: thai (hu), thaiföldi (hu) Indonesian: Thai Interlingua: thailandese Italian: tailandese (it) Japanese: タイの (ja) (tai no), タイ (ja) (tai), 泰 (ja) (たい, tai) Kazakh: тай (tai), таиланд (tailand) Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay) Korean: 타이 (ko) (tai) Kyrgyz: тай (ky) (tay), таиланд (tailand) Lao: ໄທ (thai) Latin: thailandicus Latvian: taizemiešu, tajisks, taizemisks Lithuanian: tajų (lt), tajiškas Macedonian: тајландски (tajlandski) Malay: Thai Mongolian: Cyrillic: тайланд (tajland) Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (tayiland) Norwegian: Bokmål: thailandsk (no) Nynorsk: thailandsk (nn) Persian: تای‎ (fa) (tây), تایلندی‎ (tâylandi) Polish: tajski (pl), tajlandzki (pl) Portuguese: tailandês (pt) Romanian: thailandez (ro) Russian: та́йский (ru) (tájskij), таила́ндский (ru) (tailándskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: та̏јландскӣ, та̑јскӣ Roman: tȁjlandskī (sh), tȃjskī (sh) Slovak: thajský (sk) Slovene: tajski (sl) Spanish: tailandés (es) Swedish: thailändsk (sv) Tagalog: Thai Tajik: таиландӣ (tg) (tayilandī) Thai: ไทย (th) (tai) Turkish: Tay (tr) Turkmen: taý, taýland Ukrainian: та́йський (uk) (tájsʹkyj), таїла́ндський (tajilándsʹkyj) Urdu: تھائی‎ (thāī) Uyghur: تايلاند‎ (tayland) Uzbek: tay (uz), tailand Vietnamese: Thái (vi), Thái Lan (vi) Zhuang: Daigoz

Noun

A Thai (person from Thailand) in a traditional dress.

Thai (countable and uncountable, plural Thai or Thais)

1. (countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand.
   • 1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958‎, New York: Harper & Brothers, LCCN 58-8354, OCLC 245961707, OL 6247420M, page 263:

     The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.

2. A domestic cat breed.
3. (uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
4. (uncountable) Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.

Synonyms

• (person) Thailander
• (language) Thailandish

Translations

person from Thailand or of Thai origin

Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ‎ (taylandiyy) Asturian: tailandés (ast) m, tailandesa (ast) f Belarusian: та́ец m (tájec), та́йка f (tájka) Bengali: থাই (bn) (thai) Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ထိုင်းလူမျိုး (htuing:lu-myui:) Catalan: tailandès (ca) m, tailandesa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 泰国人 (zh) (tàiguórén), 泰族 (zh) (tàizú) Czech: Thajec (cs) m, Thajka (cs) f Danish: thailænder c Dutch: Thailander (nl) m, Thailandse (nl) f Esperanto: tajlandano (man or woman), tajlandanino (woman) Finnish: thaimaalainen (fi) Franco-Provençal: tayilandês m, tayilandêsa f French: Thaïlandais (fr) m, Thaïlandaise (fr) f Galician: tailandés (gl) m, tailandesa f Georgian: ტაილანდელი (ṭailandeli) German: Thailänder (de) m, Thailänderin (de) f, Thai (de) m or f (informal) Hawaiian: Tailani Hebrew: תאילנדי‎ m (tailandi), תאילנדית‎ f (tailandit) Hindi: थाई (hi) (thāī) Hungarian: thai (hu), thaiföldi (hu) Interlingua: thailandese Italian: tailandese (it), tailandesi (it) pl Japanese: タイ人 (ja) (タイじん, taijin) Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay) Korean: 타이인 (taiin), 태국인 (taegugin), 타이 사람 (tai saram), 태국 사람 (taeguk saram) Lao: ຄົນໄທ (khon thai) Latvian: taizemietis m, taizemiete f Lithuanian: tailandietis (lt) m, tailandietė (lt) f Macedonian: Тајланѓанец m (Tajlanǵanec), Тајланѓанка f (Tajlanǵanka) Malayalam: തായ് ജനത (tāyŭ janata) Norwegian: Bokmål: thailender m, thailending m Nynorsk: thailendar (nn) m, thailending (nn) m Pali: deyya m, deyyika m, deyyavāsī m Persian: تایلندی‎ (tâylandi) Polish: Taj (pl) m pers, Tajka (pl) f Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m, tailandesa f Romanian: thailandez (ro) m, thailandeză (ro) f Russian: та́ец (ru) m (tájec), та́йка (ru) f (tájka), таила́ндец (ru) m (tailándec), таила́ндка (ru) f (tailándka) (Thai national only) Shan: ထႆး (shn) (thái) Slovak: Thajec m, Thajka f Slovene: Tajec m, Tajka f Spanish: tailandés (es) m Swahili: Mthai sg, Wathai pl Swedish: thailändare (sv) m, thailändska (sv) f Thai: คนไทย (kon tai), ชาวไทย (chaao tai) Turkish: Tay (tr), Taylandlı Ukrainian: та́єць m (tájecʹ), та́йка f (tájka), таїла́ндець m (tajilándecʹ), таїла́ндка f (tajilándka) (Thai national only) Vietnamese: người Thái, người Thái Lan Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

language

Afrikaans: Thai (af) Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ‎ (taylandiyy) Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʿai) Asturian: tailandés (ast) m Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can Basque: tailandiera (eu) Belarusian: та́йская мо́ва f (tájskaja móva), та́йская f (tájskaja) Bengali: থাই ভাষা (bn) (thai bhaṣa) Breton: Thai Bulgarian: та́йски ези́к (tájski ezík) Burmese: ထိုင်းဘာသာ (htuing:bhasa), ထိုင်းစကား (htuing:ca.ka:) Catalan: tailandès (ca) m, thai m, tai (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 泰語, 泰语 (taai3 yu5) Mandarin: 泰語／泰语 (zh) (tàiyǔ) Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can Czech: thajština (cs) f Danish: thailandsk Dutch: Thai (nl) n Esperanto: tajlanda (eo) Estonian: Tai (et) Farefare: taine, taire Faroese: tai Finnish: thai (fi) Franco-Provençal: tayi m French: thaï (fr) m Galician: tailandés (gl) m Georgian: ტაიური (ṭaiuri), ტაილანდური ენა (ṭailanduri ena) German: Thailändisch (de) n Greek: ταϊλανδικά (el) (taïlandiká), ταϋλανδικά n pl (taÿlandiká) Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can Greenlandic: thailandimiutut Hebrew: תאילנדית \\ תַּיְלַנְדִּית‎ f (tailandít) Hindi: थाई (hi) f (thāī) Hungarian: thai (hu) Icelandic: Tai-má, Tælenska Indonesian: Thai Interlingua: thailandese Irish: Téalainnis Italian: tailandese (it) m, thailandese (it) m Japanese: タイ語 (ja) (タイご, taigo) Khmer: ភាសាថៃ (phiəsaathay), ថៃ (km) (thay) Korean: 타이어 (ko) (taieo), 태국어 (ko) (taegugeo) Lao: ພາສາໄທ (lo) (phā sā thai) Latin: lingua thai f Latvian: taju valoda f, taju, taizemiešu valoda f, taizemiešu Lithuanian: tajų kalb f, tajiškai Macedonian: тајландски јазик m (tajlandski jazik) Malay: bahasa Siam Malayalam: തായ് (ml) (tāyŭ) Maltese: Tajlandiż Marathi: थाई (thāī) Moksha: тайень (tajenʹ) Mongolian: тай (mn) (taj) Navajo: Tʼáí bizaad Nepali: थाई (thāī) Norwegian: Bokmål: thai (no) m Nynorsk: thai m Pali: deyyabhāsā f Persian: تایلندی‎ (tailandi) Polish: język tajski m Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m Romanian: thailandeză (ro) f Russian: та́йский язы́к m (tájskij jazýk), та́йский (ru) m (tájskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тајски језик m Roman: tajski jezik m Sinhalese: තායි (si) (tāyi) Slovak: thajčina (sk) f Slovene: tajščina f Spanish: tailandés (es) m Swahili: Kithai class 7 Swedish: thailändska (sv) Tamil: தாய் (ta) (tāy) Thai: ภาษาไทย (paa-sǎa tai) Turkish: Tayca (tr), Taylandca Ukrainian: та́йська мо́ва f (tájsʹka móva), та́йська (uk) f (tájsʹka) Urdu: تهائی‎ f (thāī) Vietnamese: tiếng Thái Lan, tiếng Thái (vi) Walloon: Taylandès Welsh: Tai White Hmong: lus thaib Zhuang: (please verify) vahdai

A Thai cat.

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Translations to be checked

Tamil: (please verify) தாய் (ta) (tāy)

See also

• Siamese
• Thai Cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thaï cats on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Thai terms
• Appendix:Thai Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Thai

Further reading

• Thai–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code th, ISO 639-3 code tha (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Thai, tha ⁠

Anagrams

• Ahti, Hati, thia-

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑi̯/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Thai
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯

Proper noun

Thai n

1. Thai (language)

   Synonym: Thais

Related terms

• Thailand
• Thailands
• Thailander
• Thaise

Noun

Thai m (plural Thai or Thais)

1. A Thai person.