จ่าย

jàaiverb

to pay, to spend

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1v.

distributelexitron

2v.

disburse; dividelexitron

3v.

to disburse; to distribute; to give out; to hand outwiktionary

4v.

to disburse, to pay out; to pay, to spendwiktionary

5v.

to buy; to purchasewiktionary

6v.

to shop: to visit for purchasing or examining goodswiktionary

Built from

From Angkorian Old Khmer ចាយ៑ (cāy) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ចាយ៑ (cāy, “to give out; to scatter; to disperse; to dispose of”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ចាយ (caay), Lao ຈ່າຍ (chāi). Extended as จำหน่าย (jam-nàai).

Words built from it

จ่าย inside longer words

จ่ายยาto disburse medicine (to someone)จ่ายค่าปรับto pay a fine ต้องจ่ายเงินไหมDo I need to pay (spend money)?จ่ายหนี้to pay a (monetary) debt จ่ายกับข้าวto purchase food จ่ายตลาด(literally) to shop a market

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