พระทัย

Thai

Etymology

Perhaps from contraction or corruption of พระ (prá, headword for nouns concerning gods, priests, royals, literally divine; holy; sacred; etc) + หทัย (heart; mind; emotion; etc).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพระทัย
brady
Phonemic
พฺระ-ไท
b̥raaid
RomanizationPaiboonprá-tai
Royal Institutephra-thai
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰra˦˥.tʰaj˧/(R)

Noun

พระทัย • (prá-tai)

  1. (of a god, high priest, or royal person) heart; mind; emotion, feeling, thought, spirit; intention, will, desire, wish.

Usage notes

  • Can be used to replace commoners' terms that have the same meanings, so as to make them applicable to gods, high priests, or royal persons. For example:
Terms for commoners Terms for gods, high priests, royals
ขอบใจ (kɔ̀ɔp-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
เข้าใจ (kâo-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
ตกใจ (dtòk-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
น้ำใจ (náam-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
แน่ใจ (nɛ̂ɛ-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
พอใจ (pɔɔ-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
ร้อนใจ (rɔ́ɔn-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
ไว้ใจ (wái-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
สนใจ (sǒn-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
เสียใจ (sǐia-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
ใส่ใจ (sài-jai) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
เอาใจใส่ (ao-jai-sài) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Interchangeable (and more elegant) terms are:
Terms Application
Gods High priests Royals
พระหทัย (prá-hà-tai)
พระหฤทัย (prá-hà-rʉ́-tai)
พระราชหฤทัย (prá-râat-chá-hà-rʉ́-tai)
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