wordซอย soi
ซอย · soi
This is Arthur Morganar (RDR2-THR) · CC0 1.0| Script | ซอย |
|---|---|
| RTGS | soi |
| Sound | /sɔːj/ |
| Standard Thai | ซอย soi |
| Meaning | a side street off a main road, numbered along it |
| Example | ซอยนิมมานเหมินท์ 1 — Soi Nimmanhaemin 1 — the first cut off Nimman |
What it is
The Bangkok word and the postal one. Every lane on the map that has a number has it because of this system; the ones that have a name instead are older or prouder.
Root
ซอย soi — from the verb to slice or cut into strips; a soi is a cut off a main road. Numbered along the road, even numbers on one side and odd on the other; a trok is the level below. Named sois often carry a landowner's name.
Connected to
- ฮ่อม hom The northern word.
- How a soi gets its number How the numbers work.
Named here by
- How a soi gets its number The word.
- Sois, counted by name The word.
- ฮ่อม hom The Bangkok word.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | tradition | พจนานุกรมล้านนา–ไทย — Moradok Lanna | |
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, in the northern register where it fits; not machine-translated |
Sources
- พจนานุกรมล้านนา–ไทย — Moradok Lanna
- Northern Thai language — Wikipedia (en)
- ซอย — Wikipedia (th)
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there