ซอย

Cognate with Lao ຊອຍ (sǭi), Shan သွႆး (sáui).

ซอย • (sɔɔi) (abstract noun การซอย)

1. to mince; to slice.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "slice" sense of Etymology 2? That is, a "slice of a street" > "lane".”)

ซอย • (sɔɔi)

1. alley; lane.
2. soi (a side-street branching off a major street in Thailand)

   ร้านอาหารอยู่ในซอย11

   ráan-aa-hǎan yùu nai sɔɔi 11

   The restaurant is in soi 11.

• ถนน (tà-nǒn)
• ตรอก (dtrɔ̀ɔk)

• “ซอย” 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.