Where does “นาย” come from?

นาย (Thai) comes from Old Khmer nāy.

นาย (Thai): chief; lord; master; the lowest noble rank of...

Definitions

  1. chief; lord; master; the lowest noble rank of...

Ancestry of “นาย”, step by step

นาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Khmer nāy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmernāy—

via Old Khmer nāya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmernāyaleader; leading man

Words derived from “นาย”

Every word from Old Khmer nāy →