ทำนาย

Thai

Etymology

From Middle Khmer °daṃnāya, °daṃnāyya (“forecast; prediction; prophecy”), extended forms of Middle Khmer dāya (“to interpret; to portend; to presage"”), from which Thai ทาย (taai) was derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer ទំនាយ (tumniəy).

Pronunciation
Orthographicทำนาย
d å n ā y
Phonemic
ทำ-นาย
d å – n ā y
RomanizationPaiboontam-naai
Royal Institutetham-nai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰam˧.naːj˧/(R)

Noun

ทำนาย • (tam-naai)

  1. divination; forecast; prediction; prophecy.
  2. (of an omen, dream, etc) interpretation.

Verb

ทำนาย • (tam-naai) (abstract noun การทำนาย)

  1. to divine; to forecast; to predict; to prophesy.
  2. (of an omen, dream, etc) to interpret.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • คำทำนาย
  • ทำนายทายทัก
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