ทำไม
Thai
Etymology
Corrupted from older ทำไร, the latter from ทำ (tam, “to do”) + ไร (rai, “how, what”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ทำไม d å ai m | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ทำ-ไม d å – ai m | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | tam-mai |
| Royal Institute | tham-mai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tʰam˧.maj˧/(R) | |
Pronoun
ทำไม • (tam-mai)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “ทำไม” 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.