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นิสัย

ní-sǎitonehigh tonehighrising tonerising
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

habit; traitwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Pali nissaya (“that on which anything depends; support, help, protection; endowment, resource, requisite, supply; foundation”); compare Sanskrit निश्रय (niśraya, “refuge; resource”). Cognate with Lao ນິໄສ (ni sai), ນິດໄສ (nit sai), ນິດໃສ (nit sai), Khmer និស្ស័យ (nihsay).