อย่างไร

Thai

Etymology

From อย่าง (yàang, “like”) +‎ ไร (rai, “what”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอย่างไร
ɒ y ˋ ā ŋ ai r
Phonemic
หฺย่าง-ไร
h ̥ y ˋ ā ŋ – ai r
RomanizationPaiboonyàang-rai
Royal Instituteyang-rai
(standard) IPA(key)/jaːŋ˨˩.raj˧/(R)

Pronoun

อย่างไร • (yàang-rai)

  1. how? what? in what manner? in what way? by what means?

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • อย่างไรก็ดี
  • อย่างไรก็ตาม

Phrase

อย่างไร • (yàang-rai)

  1. whatever; however; no matter what; whatever happens.

Further reading

  • “อย่างไร” 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.
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