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äËÁ  maiR
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1.äËÁmaiR[word added at the end of a statement to indicate a question]
2a.äËÁmaiRsilken; of silk
2b.äËÁmaiRsilk
2c.¼éÒäËÁphaaF maiRsilk fabric
2d.µÑÇäËÁdtuaaM maiRsilkworm

pronunciation guide
Phonemic ThaiäËÚÁ
IPAmɑ̌j
Royal Thai General Systemmai

similar
sounding
äÁé, äËÁé, ËÁÒÂ, ÁèÒÂ, ËÁéÒÂ, ÁÒÂ, ãËÁè, äÁè
1. common Thai word   [particle]
definition
[word added at the end of a statement to indicate a question]

notesan informal, colloquial pronounciation of this word is ÁÑéÂ
related words»èÒÇ bpaaoL[informal, colloqual pronounciation of] à»ÅèÒ 
ÁÑéÂmaiH[informal, colloquial pronounciation of] äËÁ 
ÃÖreuH[a particle indicating a question, informal pronunciation of] ËÃ×Í 
ºêÍbaawH[Isaan dialect] äËÁ 
à»ÅèÒbpaehM laaF[joking or punning pronunciation of à»ÅèÒ ]
àËç¹ÁÑéÂ...ºÍ¡áÅéÇä§!
henR maiH baawkL laaeoH ngaiM
"See what I mean? I told you so."
à»ÅèÒ bplaaoLvoid; empty; naked; nothing
ËÃ×Í reuuR[a word used at the end of a statement to indicate a question, usually when the response is presumed]
examplesà¢éÒã¨äËÁkhaoF jaiM maiRDo you understand?
¤Ø³¤Ô´¶Ö§¼ÁäËÁkhoonM khitH theungR phohmR maiRDo you miss me?
¤Ø³·ÃÒºäËÁÇèÒ...khoonM saapF maiR waaFDo you know that...?
¨ÐÃѧà¡Õ¨äËÁ¤ÃѺ ¶éÒ
jaL rangM giiatL maiR khrapH thaaF
"Would you mind if... ?"
...ãªèäËÁchaiF maiR...isn't it?; isn't that right?
ä´éäËÁdaiF maiR"...may I?" — "...can you?"
¶èÒÂÃÙ»ä´éäËÁthaayL ruupF daiF maiRMay I take a picture?
¾Í¨ÐºÍ¡ä´éäËÁ¤ÃѺÇèÒphaawM jaL baawkL daiF maiR khrapH waaF[polite, colloquial] [spoken by a male] "Could you possibly tell me ...?"
á¾§äËÁ?phaaengM maiRIs it expensive?
ÍÃèÍÂäËÁaL raawyL maiR[of food] "Do [you] like it?" — "Is it delicious?"
ÍÒ¡ÒÈ´ÕäËÁaaM gaatL deeM maiRIs the weather nice?
âÍ à¤ äËÁohM khaehM maiR[as a question] O.k.? okay?
sample
sentences
¢Í´ÙËéͧ˹èÍÂä´éäËÁ
khaawR duuM haawngF naawyL daiF maiR
"May I see the room?"
¢Íâ·É¤Ø³ÃÙé¨Ñ¡âçáÃÁÁÒàÅà«ÕÂäËÁ
khaawR thohtF khoonM ruuH jakL rohngM raaemM maaM laehM siiaM maiR
"Excuse me, do you know the Malaysia Hotel?"
à¢Ò¨ÐÁÒ·ÕèºéÒ¹¢Í§©Ñ¹äËÁ
khaoR jaL maaM theeF baanF khaawngR chanR maiR
"Will he come to my house?"
¤èÒàªèÒ¤§¨Ðá¾§ÁÒ¡ ¨ÃÔ§äËÁ¤Ð
khaaF chaoF khohngM jaL phaaengM maakF jingM maiR khaH
"The rent must be very expensive. Is it?"
(¤Ø³)à¤Âä»(·Õè)à¡ÒÐÊÁØÂäËÁ
khoonM kheeuyM bpaiM theeF gawL saL muyM maiR
"Have you ever been to Koh Samui?"
¤Ø³¢ÑºÃ¶à»ç¹äËÁ¤Ð
khoonM khapL rohtH bpenM maiR khaH
[spoken by female] "Can you drive a car?"
¤Ø³¨Ðáµè§§Ò¹¡Ñº¼ÁäËÁ¤ÃѺ?
khoonM jaL dtaengL ngaanM gapL phohmR maiR khrapH
[spoken by a male] "Will you marry me?"
¤Ø³¨Ðä»·Õè¹Ñè¹äËÁ
khoonM jaL bpaiM theeF nanF maiR
"Will you go there?"
¤Ø³¨Ð仺ҧÃÑ¡äËÁ¤ÃѺ
khoonM jaL bpaiM baangM rakH maiR khrapH
[spoken by male] "Are you going to Bangrak?"
¤Ø³ªèÇÂá¹Ð¹Ó©Ñ¹¡Ñº¼ÙéË­Ô§¤¹¹Ñé¹äËÁ
khoonM chuayF naeH nahmM chanR gapL phuuF yingR khohnM nanH maiR
"Could you please introduce me to that lady?"
¤Ø³ªÍºÍÂÙèàÁ×ͧä·ÂäËÁ
khoonM chaawpF yuuL meuuangM thaiM maiR
"Do you like living in Thailand?"
¤Ø³ªÍºÍÒËÒíÕè»Øè¹äËÁ
khoonM chaawpF aaM haanR yeeF bpoonL maiR
"Do you like Japanese food?"
¤Ø³µéͧ¡ÒùéÓªÒÍÕ¡äËÁ¤Ð
khoonM dtaawngF gaanM nahmH chaaM eekL maiR khaH
"Will you have some more tea?"
¤Ø³µéͧ¡ÒþºËÁÍãªèäËÁ¤Ð
khoonM dtaawngF gaanM phohpH maawR chaiF maiR khaH
[spoken by a female] "Do you want to see the doctor?"
¤Ø³·ÃÒºäËÁ¤ÃѺÇèÒ à¢ÒÁÕºéÒ¹¡ÕèËÅѧ?
khoonM saapF maiR khrapH waaF khaoR meeM baanF geeL langR
[spoken by a male] "Do you know how many houses he has?"
¤Ø³·ÃÒºäËÁÇèÒ·ÓäÁà¢Ò¨Ö§¶Ù¡¨Ñº
khoonM saapF maiR waaF thahmM maiM khaoR jeungM thuukL japL
"Do you know why he was arrested?"
¤Ø³à»ç¹äËÁ¤¹ÍàÁÃԡѹãªèäËÁ
khoonM bpenM maiR khohnM aL maehM riH ganM chaiF maiR
"Are you American?"
¤Ø³¾ÍÁÕàÇÅҾҩѹä»äËÁ
khoonM phaawM meeM waehM laaM phaaM chanR bpaiM maiR
"Do you have time to show me the way?"
¤Ø³¾Ù´ÀÒÉÒÍѧ¡ÄÉä´éäËÁ
khoonM phuutF phaaM saaR angM gritL daiF maiR
"Can you speak English?"
¤Ø³ÁÕºéÒ¹ãËéàªèÒºéÒ§äËÁ
khoonM meeM baanF haiF chaoF baangF maiR
"Have you got some houses to let?"
¤Ø³ÁÕà¾×è͹ʹԷÁÒ¡äËÁ
khoonM meeM pheuuanF saL nitL maakF maiR
"Do you have a lot of close friends?"
¤Ø³ÁÕöäËÁ¤ÃѺ
khoonM meeM rohtH maiR khrapH
[spoken by male] "Do you have a car?"
¤Ø³ÁÕ˹ѧÊ×Íà´Ô¹·Ò§äËÁ
khoonM meeM nangR seuuR deernM thaangM maiR
"Do you have a passport?"
¤Ø³ÂѧÍÂÙè·Õèà´ÔÁãªèäËÁ
khoonM yangM yuuL theeF deermM chaiF maiR
"You're still living at the same place, right?"
¤Ø³ÃÙé¨Ñ¡ªèÒ§µÑ´àÊ×éÍ´Õ æ ºéÒ§äËÁ¤ÃѺ
khoonM ruuH jakL changF dtatL seuuaF deeM deeM baangF maiR khrapH
"Do you know a good tailor?"
¤Ø³ÃÙéäËÁ
khoonM ruuH maiR
"Did you know?" — "Do you know?"
¤Ø³àËç¹Ã¶¢Í§©Ñ¹äËÁ
khoonM henR rohtH khaawngR chanR maiR
"Do you see my car?"
¤Ø³ÍÂÒ¡¨Ð仡Ѻ¼ÁäËÁ
khoonM yaakL jaL bpaiM gapL phohmR maiR
"Do you want to go with me?"
§èǧ¹Í¹äËÁ
nguaangF naawnM maiR
"Are you sleepy?"
§Ò¹ÂØè§äËÁ
ngaanM yoongF maiR
"Are you busy?"
¨ÐÃѧà¡Õ¨äËÁ¤Ð ¶éÒ
jaL rangM giiatL maiR khaH thaaF
[polite request made by female] "Would you mind if I...?"
ªèÇ©ѹä´éäËÁ¤èÐ
chuayF chanR daiF maiR khaF
"Could you please help me?" [spoken by a woman]
ªèÇÂ˹èÍÂä´éäËÁ¤ÃѺ
chuayF naawyL daiF maiR khrapH
"Can you help me?"
ªÍºâçáÃÁ¹ÕèäËÁ¤ÃѺ?
chaawpF rohngM raaemM neeF maiR khrapH
"Do you like this hotel?"
ªÑÇÃìäËÁ
chuaa[r]M maiR
"Are you sure?" — "Really?"
´ÓâÇéÂ, ¨Ðä»à·ÕèÂÇ´éÇ¡ѹäËÁ âÇéÂ.
dahmM wooyH jaL bpaiM thiaaoF duayF ganM maiR wooyH
Dam [woiy], will you be going out with us [woiy]?!
´ÕäËÁ
deeM maiR
"Is it good?"
¹èÒÃÑ¡äËÁà¤éÒ¡ÓÅѧàÃÕ¹ÃÙéÀÒÉÒä·Â
naaF rakH maiR khaaoH gahmM langM riianM ruuH phaaM saaR thaiM
"Isn’t that cute! He is taking up Thai!"
ºéÒ¹ËÅѧ¹Õéà¡èÒÁÒ¡äËÁ?
baanF langR neeH gaoL maakF maiR
"Is this house very old?"
»Ä¨©ÒÇÔàÈÉ³ì ¤×Í ¤ÓÇÔàÈɳì·Õè»ÃСͺà¹×éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁ ËÃ×ͤÇÒÁʧÊÑ àªè¹ ã´ ä˹ äà ¡Õè ÍÐäà ·ÓäÁ ©Ñ¹ã´ àªè¹äà äËÁ Íѹ㴠ÍÂèÒ§äà à·èÒäà ä ËÃ×ÍË¹Í ÏÅÏ
bpritL chaaR wiH saeht[n]L kheuuM khahmM wiH saeht[n]L theeF bpraL gaawpL neuuaH khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR khwaamM sohngR saiR chehnF daiM naiR raiM geeL aL raiM thahmM maiM chanR daiM chehnF raiM maiR anM daiM yaangL raiM thaoF raiM yaiM reuuR naawR
“Interrogative modifier” is a modifier which is part of a question sentence structure or a structure indicating doubt, for example, “whichever,” “which,” “what,” “how many,” “what,” “why,” “why,” “how,” “(interrogatory),” “whichever,” “which way,” “how many,” “why,” “or what,” etc. Examples are:
¼éÒ¹Õé«Ñ¡¹éÓä´éäËÁ
phaaF neeH sakH naahmH daiF maiR
"Can this cloth be washed?"
¼Ù¡à»ç¹ËèÍà´ÕÂÇä´éäËÁ¤Ð
phuukL bpenM haawL diaaoM daiF maiR khaH
"Can you tie them up in one parcel?"
¾ÃØè§¹Õ館³ÁÒä´éäËÁ¤ÃѺ
phroongF neeH khoonM maaM daiF maiR khrapH
[spoken by male] "Can you come tomorrow?"
¾Ù´ÀÒÉÒä·Âä´éäËÁ¤ÃѺ
phuutF phaaM saaR thaiM daiF maiR khrapH
"Can you speak Thai?"
à¾×è͹¼Á¤¹¹Ö§¨ÐÁÒ·Ò¹¢éÒÇà·Õè§´éÇ ÁÕÍÒËÒþÍäËÁ?
pheuuanF phohmR khohnM neungM jaL maaM thaanM khaaoF thiiangF duayF meeM aaM haanR phaawM maiR
[spoken by a male] "I have a friend coming for lunch. Have you enough?"
¿Ñ§´Ù¹èÒʹء´Õ ©Ñ¹¨Ðä»àÅ蹡Ѻ¾Ç¡à¢Ò ä»´éÇ¡ѹäËÁ
fangM duuM naaF saL nookL deeM chanR jaL bpaiM lehnF gapL phuaakF khaoR bpaiM duayF ganM maiR
Looks like fun! I'm going to join in. Wanna join me?
ÁÒÃѺ¾Ø¸Ë¹éÒä´éäËÁ¤ÃѺ?
maaM rapH phootH naaF daiF maiR khrapH
[spoken by a male] [informal] "Can I come pick it up next Wednesday?"
ÁÕã¤ÃÍÂÙèäËÁ
meeM khraiM yuuL maiR
"Is there anybody at home?"
ÁÕ·Õè¹Ñè§ÇèÒ§äËÁ
meeM theeF nangF waangF maiR
"Have you any vacant seats?"
ÁÕ·ÕèãË­è¡ÇèÒ¹ÕéäËÁ
meeM theeF yaiL gwaaL neeH maiR
"Do you have anything bigger than these?"
ÁÕ¹éÓá¢ç§äËÁ¤ÃѺ
meeM nahmH khaengR maiR khrapH
[spoken by male] "Have you any ice?"
ÁÕÂÒáÍÊä¾ÃÔ¹äËÁ¤Ð
meeM yaaM aaetL phaiM rinM maiR khaH
[spoken by a female] "Do you have any Aspirin?"
ÁÕöÍÂÙè·Õè¹ÕèäËÁ¤Ð
meeM rohtH yuuL theeF neeF maiR khaH
[spoken by female] "Is there a car here?"
ÁÕÊÔººÒ·äËÁ¤ÃѺ
meeM sipL baatL maiR khrapH
[spoken by male] "Have you got 10 baht?"
ÁÕäËÁ
meeM maiR
"Have you any?"
ÁÕÍÐäÃãËé¼Á·ÓºéÒ§äËÁ¤ÃѺ
meeM aL raiM haiF phohmR thahmM baangF maiR khrapH
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
àÁ×èͤ׹¹ÕéªÒ¤¹¹Ñé¹à¨çºÁÒ¡äËÁ¤Ð
meuuaF kheuunM neeH chaayM khohnM nanH jepL maakF maiR khaH
"Was that man hurt much last night?"
äÁèãËÁèäËÁ
maiF maiL maiR
"Is it not new?"
Âѧ¤ÃѺ ¤Ø³µéͧ¡ÒèÐàªèÒäËÁ
yangM khrapH khoonM dtaawngF gaanM jaL chaoF maiR
"Not yet, do you want to rent it?"
ÂØè§äËÁ
yoongF maiR
"Are you busy?"
öÍÂÙè·Õè¹Ñè¹äËÁ
rohtH yuuL theeF nanF maiR
"Is the car there?"
Ãѧà¡Õ¨äËÁ
rangM giiatL maiR
"Do you mind?"
ÃѺÍÐäÃà¾ÔèÁäËÁ¤ÃѺ
rapH aL raiM pheermF maiR khrapH
[i.e., spoken by a store clerk] "Is there anything else you'd like to get?"
ÃéÒ¹ÍÒËÒùÕéÁÕ¡ÔÁ¨Ô´Õ ¤Ø³ÍÂÒ¡¨ÐÅͧ´ÙäËÁ
raanH aaM haanR neeH meeM gimM jiL deeM khoonM yaakL jaL laawngM duuM maiR
"This restaurant has good kimchee. Do you want to try it?"
ÃÙéÊ֡ʹءäËÁ
ruuH seukL saL nookL maiR
"Are you happy?"
Å´ÃÒ¤ÒŧÍÕ¡ä´éäËÁ¤Ð
lohtH raaM khaaM lohngM eekL daiF maiR khaH
"Can you reduce the price any more?"
ÅÙ¡¹Õé´ÕäËÁ?
luukF neeH deeM maiR
"Is this a good one?"
Çѹ¹Õé¼Áà¾Ôè§ä»à¨ÍµÅÒ´ÁÒ·Õè¹Ö§...¢ÒÂáµè¼ÅäÁé. ¤Ø³¾Í¨ÐÃÙé¨Ñ¡äËÁ?
wanM neeH phohmR pheerngF bpaiM juuhrM dtaL laatL maaM theeF neungM khaayR dtaaeL phohnR laH maaiH khoonM phaawM jaL ruuH jakL maiR
[spoken by a male] "Today I came across a market that sold only fruit. Do you know it?"
Çѹ¹Õé½¹µ¡ÁÒ¡äËÁ
wanM neeH fohnR dtohkL maakF maiR
"Did it rain much today?"
ʹԷÍÂÙèäËÁ
saL nitL yuuL maiR
"Is Sanit in?"
ʹءäËÁ
saL nookL maiR
"Is it fun?" — "Isn't this fun?"
ʹءäËÁ¤ÃѺ
saL nookL maiR khrapH
[spoken by a male] "Is it fun?"
ʺÒ´ÕäËÁ
saL baayM deeM maiR
"How are you?"
ÊÔè§ã´ÍÂÙèã¹µÙé ·èÒ¹ÃÙéäËÁ?
singL daiM yuuL naiM dtuuF thanF ruuH maiR
Which things are in the cabinet; Do you know?
ÊÕ¹ÕéÍè͹à¡Ô¹¹èÐ ÁÕ·ÕèÊÕá¡è¡ÇèÒ¹ÕéäËÁ
seeR neeH aawnL geernM naF meeM theeF seeR gaaeL gwaaL neeH maiR
"This color is too light. Do you have any darker cloth than this?"
ËÔÇ¢éÒÇäËÁ
hiuR khaaoF maiR
"Are you hungry?"
ãËé»ÃÐàÊÃ԰仡ѺàÃÒ´éÇÂä´éäËÁ¤Ð?
haiF bpraL seertL bpaiM gapL raoM duayF daiF maiR khaH
[spoken by female] "Can Prasert come with us?"
ãËÁèäËÁ
maiL maiR
"Is it new?"
äËÁãËÁèäÁèäËÁé ãªèäËÁ
maiR maiL maiF maiF chaiF maiR
[tongue twister, alliteration] "New silk doesn't burn, does it?"
ÍÂÒ¡ä»äËÁ
yaakL bpaiM maiR
"Do you want to go?"
2a.   [adjective]
definition
silken; of silk

exampleÊÒÂäËÁsaayR maiRsilky thread
2b.   [noun]
definition
silk

classifier¼×¹ pheuunR[numerical classifier for towels, sheets, linens, mat]
examples¼éÒäËÁä·ÂphaaF maiR thaiMThai silk
äËÁ¾ÃÁmaiR phrohmMyarn; knitting filament
äËÁÁÑ´ËÁÕèmaiR matH meeLNortheastern silk
sample
sentence
äËÁãËÁèäÁèäËÁé ãªèäËÁ
maiR maiL maiF maiF chaiF maiR
[tongue twister, alliteration] "New silk doesn't burn, does it?"
2c. ¼éÒäËÁ  phaaF maiR  [noun]
definition
silk fabric

categories
2d. µÑÇäËÁ  dtuaaM maiR  [noun]
definition
silkworm

classifierµÑÇ dtuaaM[numerical classifier for digits, bodies, shirts, pants, suits, animals, fish, germs, chairs, tables, desks, software title]

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