English
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɪ/, Rhymes: -aɪ
- IPA(key): /θaɪ/, (Indic) /t̪ʰɑj/
Adjective
Thai (comparative more Thai, superlative most Thai)
- Of or pertaining to Thailand.
2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN[1]:A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to Thailand
- Afrikaans: Thais, Thailands
- Albanian: tajlandez
- Arabic: تَايْلَنْدِيّ (tāylandiyy), تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy)
- Armenian: թաի (hy) (tʻai)
- 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, Siam (Northern Peninsular)
- 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) (tayilandi)
- Tamil: தாய் (ta) (tāy), தாய்லாந்து (ta) (tāylāntu)
- 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)
- Yaghnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tayi zivok)
- Zhuang: Daigoz
|
Noun
Thai (countable and uncountable, plural Thai or Thais)
- (countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand.
1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958[2], New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.
- A domestic cat breed.
- Alternative form: Thaï
- (uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
- (uncountable) Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.
Synonyms
Translations
person from Thailand or of Thai origin
- Afrikaans: Thai (af), Thailander
- 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: 泰國人 / 泰国人 (zh) (tàiguórén), 泰族 (zh) (tàizú), chaa nese (vaiśya)
- Czech: Thajec (cs) m, Thajka (cs) f
- Danish: thailænder c
- Dutch: Thailander (nl) m, Thailandse (nl) f
- Esperanto: tajlandano (man or woman), tajlandanino (woman), Tajo (eo) sg
- 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)
- Malay: orang Siam (esp. in Malaysia), orang Thai
- 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) (tʻai)
- 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 bhaśa)
- 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 jyu5)
- 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), taja lingvo
- 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 (tajeń)
- Mongolian: тай (mn) (taj)
- Navajo: Tʼáí bizaad
- Nepali: थाई (thāī)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: thai (no) m
- Nynorsk: thai m
- Pali: deyyabhāsā f
- Persian: تایلندی (tâylandi)
- Polish: język tajski m
- Portuguese: tailandês (pt) m
- Romanian: thailandeză (ro) f
- Russian: та́йский язы́к m (tájskij jazýk), та́йский (ru) m (tájskij)
- Sarikoli: Tai ziv
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: тајски језик m
- Roman: tajski jezik m
- Shughni: таи зив (tai ziv)
- 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 (vi), tiếng Thái (vi)
- Walloon: Taylandès
- Welsh: Tai
- White Hmong: lus thaib
- Yaghnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tayi zivok)
- Yazghulami: таи звег (tai zveg)
- Zhuang: (please verify) vahdai
|
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
Thai (plural Thais)
- Thai (person from Thailand or of Thai descent)
- Synonym: Thailander
- (uncountable) Thai (cuisine)
- Synonym: Thai-kos
Derived terms
Proper noun
Thai
- Thai (language)
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑi̯/
- Hyphenation: Thai
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯
Proper noun
Thai n
- Thai (language)
- Synonym: Thais
Noun
Thai m (plural Thai or Thais, feminine Thaise)
- a Thai person