พายุ

See also: พาย

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali vāyu (wind), from Sanskrit वायु (vāyu). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្យុះ (pyuh); Lao ພາຍຸ (ph), ວາຍຸ (w). Compare Old Khmer vyuha.

Pronunciation

Orthographicพายุ
b ā y u
Phonemic
พา-ยุ
b ā – y u
RomanizationPaiboonpaa-yú
Royal Institutepha-yu
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaː˧.juʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

พายุ • (paa-yú)

  1. (elegant, poetic) air; breath; wind.
  2. (classifier ลูก) storm; tempest.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • พายุ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.