Where does “ชาวไร่” come from?

ชาวไร่ (Thai) comes from Thai ไร่, from Proto-Tai rɤjᴮ — dry field.

ชาวไร่ (Thai): farmer; crop grower (other than rice such as maizes, sugar canes, soybeans, potatoes, yams, cassavas, coffee beans, grapes, tea leaves, etc.)

Definitions

  1. farmer; crop grower (other than rice such as maizes, sugar canes, soybeans, potatoes, yams, cassavas, coffee beans, grapes, tea leaves, etc.)

Ancestry of “ชาวไร่”, step by step

ชาวไร่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไร่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไร่terrace; plantation, field; rai, area of land...
2Proto-Tairɤjᴮdry field

via Thai ชาว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชาวapprox. -er, -an, -ese, -ist etc.; people sharing...
Every word from Proto-Tai rɤjᴮEvery word from Thai ไร่