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ã´  daiM
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1.ã´daiMany
2.ã´ ædaiM daiMany; whatever; anyone; anything
3.ã´ ædaiM daiManything; everything; all things
4.ã´daiM[Isaan variant of] äà

pronunciation guide
Phonemic Thaiä´
IPAdɑj
Royal Thai General Systemdai

1. common Thai word   [adjective]
definition
any

notesOnly 20 words in the Thai language are spelled with äÁéÁéǹ . Click here for the complete list.
categories
examples¤¹ã´khohnM daiManybody
¤¹ã´¡çä´ékhohnM daiM gawF daiFany person
´éÇÂÇÔ¸Õã´duayF wiH theeM daiMsomehow
ã´ æ ¡çµÒÁdaiM daiM gawF dtaamM(pronoun, determiner, adverb) any
áµè»ÃСÒÃã´dtaaeL bpraL gaanM daiMwhatsoever
·Ò§ã´·Ò§Ë¹Öè§thaangM daiM thaangM neungLone way or another
·Õèã´·Õè˹Öè§theeF daiM theeF neungL"someplace, somewhere"
»Ò¹ã´bpaanM daiMto the extent that
¼Ùéã´phuuF daiMany person; anybody
½Ñ¡ã½è(½èÒÂã´½èÒÂ˹Öè§)
fakL faiL faayL daiM faayL neungL
to be partisan, prejudiced or biased
à¾ÃÒÐà˵Øã´phrawH haehtL daiMwhy; because of
à¾Õ§ã´phiiangM daiM[alternate, colloquial spelling and pronounciation of à¾Õ§äÃ, used in written Thai]
àÁ×èÍã´meuuaF daiMwhenever; when
äÁè·Ò§ã´¡ç·Ò§Ë¹Öè§maiF thaangM daiM gawF thaangM neungLone way or another
äÁè½Ñ¡ã½è½èÒÂã´maiF fakL faiL faayL daiMnonpartisan; impartial; indifferent; unbiased; unprejudiced; nondiscriminatory; objective; uncolored; neutral
äÁèÇѹ㴡çÇѹ˹Öè§maiF wanM daiM gawF wanM neungLsome day or other
Çѹ㴡çä´éwanM daiM gawF daiFany day
Çѹ˹Öè§Çѹã´wanM neungL wanM daiMone of these days
ÊÃеÑÇã´ãªéà¢Õ¹¤ÃèÍÁ
saL raL dtuaaM daiM chaiH khiianR khraawmF
[Thai orthography] 'straddling' vowel character; — a Thai vowel grapheme having a preposed element where the preposed element is written before the first consonant of a consonant cluster, as in à©ÇÕ§  or àʧÕèÂÁ
ÊÔè§ã´singL daiManything
ÊÔè§ã´ æsingL daiM daiManything
à˵Øã´haehtL daiMfor what reason; why
à˵Øã´haehtL daiMwhy? how come?
ÍÂèÒ§ã´ÍÂèҧ˹Öè§yaangL daiM yaangL neungLeither
sample
sentences
¡ÃÃÁã´ã¤Ã¡èÍ ¡ÃÃÁ¹Ñé¹ÂèÍÁʹͧ
gamM daiM khraiM gaawL gamM nanH yaawmF saL naawngR
"As you sow, so you shall reap."
¢Íà¾Õ§ÍÂèÒä´é¡ÃзÓÊÔè§ã´·Õè¢Ñ´µèÍ¡®ËÁÒ à¾ÃÒÐäÁèãËéà»ç¹ª¹Ç¹¹Óä»ÊÙèÇԡĵ¡Òóì
khaawR phiiangM yaaL daiF graL thahmM singL daiM theeF khatL dtaawL gohtL maayR phrawH maiF haiF bpenM chaH nuaanM nahmM bpaiM suuL wiH gritL dtaL gaan[n]M
"Just don't do anything that will break the law because [you should do nothing] which would cause a crisis."
à¢ÒÁÒä´é ©Ñ¹ã´ ¡ç¢ÍãËéà¢Ò¡ÅѺ仩ѹ¹Ñé¹
khaoR maaM daiF chanR daiM gawF khaawR haiF khaoR glapL bpaiM chanR nanH
Whichever way he came in, I hope that he goes back the same way.
¤¹ã´¨ÐªÍº¤¹ä˹¡çä´é
khohnM daiM jaL chaawpF khohnM naiR gawF daiF
Anyone can love whosoever he or she wishes.
¤ÓËÅØÁ´Ó ÁÕ¤ÇÒÁËÁÒÂÇèÒ ÅѡɳТͧÇѵ¶Øã¹àÍ¡À¾·ÕèÁÕáçâ¹éÁ¶èǧÊÙ§ÁÒ¡¶éÒËÒ¡Çѵ¶Øã´ËÅØ´à¢éÒä» Çѵ¶Ø¹Ñ鹨ÐäÁèÊÒÁÒöÍÍ¡ÁÒä´éÍÕ¡µèÍä» áÁéáµèáʧäÁèàÇé¹
khahmM loomR dahmM meeM khwaamM maayR waaF lakH saL naL khaawngR watH thooL naiM aehkL phohpH theeF meeM raaengM nohmH thuaangL suungR maakF thaaF haakL watH thooL daiM lootL khaoF bpaiM watH thooL nanH jaL maiF saaR maatF aawkL maaM daiF eekL dtaawL bpaiM maaeH dtaaeL saaengR maiF wehnH
"The term 'black hole' means a characteristic of certain matter in the universe which has immense gravity. If any matter falls into it, that matter will be unable to exit from it; even light itself is no exception."
©Ñ¹¨Ð·Ó ©Ñ¹ã´ ´Õ?
chanR jaL thahmM chanR daiM deeM
What is it that I should do? [“How” should I go about doing this?]
â´ÂÊèǹµÑÇ ¼ÁäÁèÁÕ¤ÇÒÁàËç¹ä»·Ò§ã´·Ò§Ë¹Öè§ÇèÒ ¤ÇÃÁÕ¡ÒõÑ駺è͹¡ÒÊÔâ¹¶Ù¡¡®ËÁÒÂËÃ×ÍäÁè
dooyM suaanL dtuaaM phohmR maiF meeM khwaamM henR bpaiM thaangM daiM thaangM neungL waaF khuaanM meeM gaanM dtangF baawnL gaaM siL nohM thuukL gohtL maayR reuuR maiF
"I myself have no opinion whatsoever whether setting up and having casinos should be legal or not."
ã´ æ ã¹âÅ¡Åéǹ͹Ԩ¨Ñ§
daiM daiM naiM lohkF luaanH aL nitH jangM
"All is unstable, not lasting, uncertain and transitory."
¶×Íà»ç¹¡ÒÃÊÔé¹ÊØ´Ä´Ù¡ÒÅ˹éÒ½¹ÍÑ¹ÍØ´ÁÊÁºÙóì ä»ÊÙè˹éÒ˹ÒÇÍѹ˹ÒÇà˹çºáÅÐáËé§¼Ò¡ÍÂèÒ§©Ñº¾Åѹ·Ñ¹ã´
theuuR bpenM gaanM sinF sootL reuH duuM gaanM naaF fohnR anM ooL dohmM sohmR buun[n]M bpaiM suuL naaF naaoR anM naaoR nepL laeH haaengF phaakL yaangL chapL phlanM thanM daiM
"We believe this to be the end of the season when rain is plentiful; we are approaching winter when the both bone-chilling and dry (weather) comes in a snap."
·ÕèÃѰÁÕ¹âºÒªèÇÂàËÅ×Í¡ÒþѲ¹Ò¡ÒüÅÔµ ¨Ð¼ÅÔµÊÔ¹¤éÒÍÐäà格ÅÔµÊÔ¹¤éÒª¹Ô´ã´ ¨Ö§¨ÐÊÒÁÒöá¢è§¢Ñ¹¡ÑºµÅÒ´âÅ¡ä´é
theeF ratH meeM naH yohM baayM chuayF leuuaR gaanM phatH naaM gaanM phaL litH jaL phaL litH sinR khaaH aL raiM aL raiM phaL litH sinR khaaH chaH nitH daiM jeungM jaL saaR maatF khaengL khanR gapL dtaL laatL lohkF daiF
Whatever policies the government has in place to assist development of production, (to determine) what agricultural goods should be produced and what specific kinds of produce (should be grown), should allow (the farmers) to be competitive in world markets.
ã¹àÁ×èͤÇÒÁ¾ÂÒÂÒÁ㹡ÒÃÂØº¾Ãää·ÂÃÑ¡ä·Â¡çäÁèàºç´àÊÃç¨à´ç´¢Ò´ áÅéÇà˵Øã´¡ÒÃÂØº¾Ãä¾Åѧ»ÃЪҪ¹¨Ð¹Óä»ÊÙè¤ÇÒÁàºç´àÊÃç¨à´ç´¢Ò´ä´éàÅèÒ
naiM meuuaF khwaamM phaH yaaM yaamM naiM gaanM yoopH phakH thaiM rakH thaiM gawF maiF betL setL detL khaatL laaeoH haehtL daiM gaanM yoopH phakH phaH langM bpraL chaaM chohnM jaL nahmM bpaiM suuL khwaamM betL setL detL khaatL daiF laoF
"If the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai party did not finally (eliminate it), what makes you think that the dissolution of the People's Power Party will be any more final?"
àº×éͧÅÖ¡¢Í§¡ÒÃÅÒÍÍ¡ÍÂèÒ§¡ÃзѹËѹ¢Í§à¢ÒÁÒ¨Ò¡ÊÒà˵Øã´ÂѧäÁèÃÙéªÑ´
beuuangF leukH khaawngR gaanM laaM aawkL yaangL graL thanM hanR khaawngR khaoR maaM jaakL saaR haehtL daiM yangM maiF ruuH chatH
"The real reasons for his sudden resignation are not clear."
»Ä¨©ÒÇÔàÈɳ젤×Í ¤ÓÇÔàÈɳì·Õè»ÃСͺà¹×éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁ ËÃ×ͤÇÒÁʧÊÑ àªè¹ ã´ ä˹ äà¡Õè ÍÐäà·ÓäÁ ©Ñ¹ã´ àªè¹äàäËÁ Íѹ㴠ÍÂèÒ§äàà·èÒäàä ËÃ×Í˹͠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:
¾ÅÒ¹ØÀÒ¾·ÕèÂÔè§ä»¡ÇèÒà§Ô¹¡ç¤×Í Êѧࡵ¡Ñ¹ÁÒ¹Ò¹áÅéÇÇèÒ »ÃÐà·Èã´¡çµÒÁ·ÕèÁչѡ·èͧà·ÕèÂÇà¢éÒä»àÂÕèÂÁÁÒ¡ æ ÁÑ¡ÁÕÍÔ·¸Ô¾ÅÃÐËÇèÒ§»ÃÐà·ÈÊÙ§¡ÇèÒ»ÃÐà·È·ÕèäÁè¤èÍÂÁÕ
phaH laaM nooH phaapF theeF yingF bpaiM gwaaL ngernM gawF kheuuM sangR gaehtL ganM maaM naanM laaeoH waaF bpraL thaehtF daiM gawF dtaamM theeF meeM nakH thaawngF thiaaoF khaoF bpaiM yiiamF maakF maakF makH meeM itL thiH phohnM raH waangL bpraL thaehtF suungR gwaaL bpraL thaehtF theeF maiF khaawyF meeM
"[Tourism] is force greater than money which is something we have observed for a long time; that is, any country which has many tourists coming to visit seems to have international influence greater than a country which does not."
äÁèÁÕ¢éͤÇÒÁã´·Õè¨ÐÂÑèÇÂǹËÃ×ͼÅÑ¡äÊäÅèÊè§ãËéâçàÃÕ¹ ¤ÃÙÍÒ¨ÒÃÂ젺ؤ¤ÅҡùѡàÃÕ¹·ÕèÍÂÙè¡ÑºÃѰ仢Ö鹡Ѻͧ¤ì¡Ã»¡¤ÃͧÊèǹ·éͧ¶Ôè¹
maiF meeM khaawF khwaamM daiM theeF jaL yuaaF yuaanM reuuR phlakL saiR laiF sohngL haiF rohngM riianM khruuM aaM jaan[y]M bookL khaH laaM gaawnM nakH riianM theeF yuuL gapL ratH bpaiM kheunF gapL ohng[k]M gaawnM bpohkL khraawngM suaanL thaawngH thinL
"There are no facts which will entice schools, teachers, personnel, and students who are in government schools, to affiliate themselves with the local administrative organizations or to drive them away from central government affiliation."
äÁèÁÕ§Ò¹àÅÕé§ã´äÁèÁÕÇѹàÅÔ¡ÃÒ
maiF meeM ngaanM liiangH daiM maiF meeM wanM leerkF raaM
"All good things come to an end."
äÁèÇèÒ§Ò¹¢Í§à¢Ò¨ÐÅéÁàËÅÇáÅСèÍãËéà¡Ô´¤ÇÒÁàÊÕÂËÒÂà¾Õ§㴠à¢Ò¡ç¡Í´à¡éÒÍÕéá¹è¹
maiF waaF ngaanM khaawngR khaoR jaL lohmH laayoR laeH gaawL haiF geertL khwaamM siiaR haayR phiiangM daiM khaoR gawF gaawtL gaoF eeF naaenF
"Notwithstanding the fact that he has failed and no matter how much damage he has caused, he refuses to step down from his position."
äÁèÇèÒ¨ÐÃèÓÃÇ¢¹Ò´ä˹ ÁÕà§Ô¹ÊÑ¡»Ò¹ã´ äÁèÁÕ·Õèä˹·ÕèÍÂÙèáÅéÇÍºÍØè¹à·èÒ»ÃÐà·Èä·Â
maiF waaF jaL rahmF ruayM khaL naatL naiR meeM ngernM sakL bpaanM daiM maiF meeM theeF naiR theeF yuuL laaeoH ohpL oonL thaoF bpraL thaehtF thaiM
"Irrespective of how rich (he is) (and) no matter how much money (he has), there is nowhere that he has lived which is as warm and comforting as Thailand is."
ÊÔè§ã´ÍÂÙèã¹µÙé ·èÒ¹ÃÙéäËÁ?
singL daiM yuuL naiM dtuuF thanF ruuH maiR
Which things are in the cabinet; Do you know?
ÊÔ¹ÊÁÃÊËÁÒ¶֧·ÃѾÂìÊÔ¹·Õè¤ÙèÊÁÃÊä´éÁÒÃÐËÇèÒ§ÊÁÃÊ ËÃ×Í·Õè½èÒÂã´½èÒÂ˹Öè§ä´éÁÒÃÐËÇèÒ§ÊÁÃÊâ´Â¾Ô¹Ñ¡ÃÃÁ ËÃ×Íâ´Â¡ÒÃãËéà»ç¹Ë¹Ñ§Ê×Í
sinR sohmR rohtH maayR theungR sap[y]H sinR theeF khuuF sohmR rohtH daiF maaM raH waangL sohmR rohtH reuuR theeF faayL daiM faayL neungL daiF maaM raH waangL sohmR rohtH dooyM phiH naiM gamM reuuR dooyM gaanM haiF bpenM nangR seuuR
"Marital property means assets which the married couple earned or acquired while they were married or where one party or the other received during the marriage by inheritance or by contractual transfer."
ËÇèÒ¹¾×ªã´ä´é¼ÅÍÂèÒ§¹Ñé¹
waanL pheuutF daiM daiF phohnR yaangL nanH
"As you make your bed, so you must lie on it."
͹ÔÂÁÇÔàÈɳ젤×Í ¤ÓÇÔàÈɳì·Õè»ÃСͺºÍ¡¤ÇÒÁäÁèªÕé੾ÒРËÃ×ͨӡѴŧä»ÇèÒà»ç¹àªè¹¹Ñé¹ àªè¹¹Õé ËÃ×Í ÊÔè§¹Õé ÊÔè§¹Ñé¹ àªè¹ ã´ äàä˹ ¡Õè ÍÐäà·ÓäÁ ©Ñ¹ã´ àªè¹äàÏÅÏ áµè¾Ö§ÊѧࡵÇèÒ ¤Ó¾Ç¡¹Õé¨ÐµéͧäÁèãªéã¹¢éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁËÃ×ÍʧÊѨ֧¨Ð¹ÑºÇèÒ à»ç¹Í¹ÔÂÁÇÔàÈɳ젶éÒãªéã¹¢éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁ ËÃ×ÍʧÊѨ֧¨Ð¹ÑºÇèÒ à»ç¹Í¹ÔÂÁÇÔàÈɳ젶éÒãªéã¹¢éͤÇÒÁ·Õèà»ç¹¤Ó¶ÒÁËÃ×ÍʧÊÑ àÃÕ¡ÇèÒ »Ä¨©ÒÇÔàÈɳ젵ÑÇÍÂèÒ§
aL niH yaH maH wiH saeht[n]L kheuuM khahmM wiH saeht[n]L theeF bpraL gaawpL baawkL khwaamM maiF cheeH chaL phawH reuuR jahmM gatL lohngM bpaiM waaF bpenM chehnF nanH chehnF neeH reuuR singL neeH singL nanH chehnF daiM raiM naiR geeL aL raiM thahmM maiM chanR daiM chehnF raiM dtaaeL pheungM sangR gaehtL waaF khahmM phuaakF neeH jaL dtaawngF maiF chaiH naiM khaawF khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR sohngR saiR jeungM jaL napH waaF bpenM aL niH yaH maH wiH saeht[n]L thaaF chaiH naiM khaawF khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR sohngR saiR jeungM jaL napH waaF bpenM aL niH yaH maH wiH saeht[n]L thaaF chaiH naiM khaawF khwaamM theeF bpenM khahmM thaamR reuuR sohngR saiR riiakF waaF bpritL chaaR wiH saeht[n]L dtuaaM yaangL
“Indefinite modifiers” are modifiers which express non-specificity or provide a delimiter that something is like this or that, or this thing or that thing; for example, the words “whatever,” “whichever,” “wherever,” “how,” “any,” “how many,” “which,” “why,” “why so ever,” and “how so ever.” However, one should observe that these words, in order to be indefinite modifiers, should not be used in interrogatory sentences or in sentences which indicate doubt; if these words are used in sentences which indicate interrogatories or doubts, they are called, “interrogatory modifiers.” [See below.] Examples include,
2. ã´ æ  daiM daiM  
definition
any; whatever; anyone; anything

sample
sentences
à¢ÒäÁèÍÒ¨¾Ù´¶éͤÓã´ æ Íѹ¨Ð·ÓãËé¼ÙéÍ×è¹àÊÕÂã¨
khaoR maiF aatL phuutF thaawyF khahmM daiM daiM anM jaL thahmM haiF phuuF euunL siiaR jaiM
He can’t speak even one word which dismays others.
¤Ó¹ÒÁáÅФӡÃÔÂÒ·Õè¹ÓÁÒãªéà»ç¹¤ÓÇÔàÈɳì â´ÂÁÒ¡à»ç¹ÅѡɳÇÔàÈɳì áÅФÓÇÔàÈɳìã´ æ ·Õè¨Ñ´à¢éÒ㹤ÓÇÔàÈɳ쪹ԴÍ×è¹ æ äÁèä´é µéͧ¹ÑºÇèÒà»ç¹ÅѡɳÇÔàÈɳì·Ñé§ÊÔé¹
khahmM naamM laeH khahmM gaL riH yaaM theeF nahmM maaM chaiH bpenM khahmM wiH saeht[n]L dooyM maakF bpenM lakH saL naL wiH saeht[n]L laeH khahmM wiH saeht[n]L daiM daiM theeF jatL khaoF naiM khahmM wiH saeht[n]L chaH nitH euunL euunL maiF daiF dtaawngF napH waaF bpenM lakH saL naL wiH saeht[n]L thangH sinF
Nouns and verbs which are used as modifiers are usually “characteristic modifiers” and any modifier which cannot be otherwise be classified will be considered to be a “characteristic modifier.”
3. ã´ æ  daiM daiM  [pronoun]
definition
anything; everything; all things

sample
sentence
ÃѰºÒÅ¡çµéͧ·ÓÍÂèÒ§µÃ§ä»µÃ§ÁÒ à¾×èÍäÁèãËéÊѧ¤Áà¤Å×ͺá¤Å§ã´ æ ·Ñé§ÊÔé¹
ratH thaL baanM gawF dtaawngF thahmM yaangL dtrohngM bpaiM dtrohngM maaM pheuuaF maiF haiF sangR khohmM khleuuapF khlaaengM daiM daiM thangH sinF
"The government must tread the straight and narrow path so that society will not in any way mistrust it."
4.   [particle]
definition
[Isaan variant of] äà

categories
synonymäàraiM[suffix indicating qualification, quantification, or interrogation, as indicated below]
sample
sentence
à¨éÒÍÒÂØà·èÒã´
jaoF aaM yooH thaoF daiM
[Isaan dialect] "How old are you?"

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