ຝາຍ

Lao

Alternative forms
  • ຝາຽ (fāi) — dated

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *hwaːjᴬ (“dam”). Cognate with Thai ฝาย (fǎai), Northern Thai ᨺᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lü ᦚᦻ (ḟaay), Shan ၽၢႆ (phǎai) or ၾၢႆ (fǎai), Bouyei waail, Zhuang fai.

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [faːj˩(˧)]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [faːj˥˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: ຝາຍ
  • Rhymes: -aːj

Noun

ຝາຍ • (fāi)

  1. dam; weir
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