ใจไม้ไส้ระกำ

Thai

Etymology

From ใจ (jai, “heart; mind”) +‎ ไม้ (máai, “stick; wood”) +‎ ไส้ (sâi, “intestine”) +‎ ระกำ (“the palm Salacca wallichiana C. Martius; difficult; hard; uncomfortable”); literally "wooden heart, Salacca gut" or "wooden heart, hardened gut".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ใจไม้ไส้ระกำ au t͡ɕ ai m ˆ ai s ˆ r a k å
Phonemic		ไจ-ม้าย-ไซ่-ระ-กำ ai t͡ɕ – m ˆ ā y – ai z ˋ – r a – k å
Romanization	Paiboon	jai-máai-sâi-rá-gam
	Royal Institute	chai-mai-sai-ra-kam
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕaj˧.maːj˦˥.saj˥˩.ra˦˥.kam˧/

Adjective

ใจไม้ไส้ระกำ • (jai-máai-sâi-rá-gam) (abstract noun ความใจไม้ไส้ระกำ)

(idiomatic) hardhearted.

Related terms

ใจจดใจจ่อ (jai-jòt-jai-jɔ̀ɔ, “attentive heart, mindful mind”)
ใจจืดใจดำ (“insipid heart, dark mind”)
ใจยักษ์ใจมาร (“yakṣa heart, māra mind”)
ใจใหญ่ใจโต (“big heart, large mind”)