ตาย

Pali

Alternative forms

tāya (Latin script)
𑀢𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
ताय (Devanagari script)
তায (Bengali script)
තාය (Sinhalese script)
တာယ (Burmese script)
ᨲᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
តាយ (Khmer script)

Adjective

ตาย

(demonstrative) Thai script form of tāya, which is feminine genitive, dative, instrumental, ablative, and locative singular of ต (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

ตาย

(demonstrative) Thai script form of tāya, which is feminine genitive, dative, instrumental, ablative, and locative singular of ต (ta, “her”)

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”). Cognate with Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), Lü ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Shan တၢႆ (tǎay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay), Zhuang dai. Compare Proto-Austronesian *(m-)atay (“to die”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ตาย t ā y
Romanization	Paiboon	dtaai
	Royal Institute	tai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/taːj˧/

Verb

ตาย • (dtaai) (abstract noun การตาย or ความตาย)

to die: to cease to live; to be or become dead.
(of a machine, bodily organ, etc) to die: to stop; to cease to function.

Adverb

ตาย • (dtaai)

(slang, sometimes sarcastic) to death: to a great degree, to excess.