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sai

/saɪ/

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Singapore/saɪ˦˨/

sai noun: a handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.

Noun (1)

sai (plural sai)

  1. A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.

Noun (2)

sai

  1. A sajou; a capuchin (monkey).

Noun (3)

sai (uncountable)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial, vulgar) Shit
    • […]the employer of the unfortunate maid that was forced to makan sai are indonesians.1998 February 10, Thye Hoon Lin, “SM Lee was right - Johor is notorious for muggings!”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)
    • It is Chek Lap Kok ho lang. You should makan sai. Are you an Orang Laut trying to speak Chinese?1998 July 9, SimiSar, “[sangkancil] New HK airport faces barrage of criticism (fwd)”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)

sai meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

sai in Hindi

साई, साईं

sai in Tamil

சாயி, சாய்

sai in Marathi

साई, साय

sai in Urdu

سائی, ساۓ, سایی
More languagesFewer languages
sai in Bengali
সাই
sai in Telugu
సై, సయీ, సాయ్
sai in Malayalam
സായ്, സൈ
sai in Kannada
ಸೈ, ಸಾಯ್
sai in Punjabi
ਸਾਈ, ਸਾਈਂ
sai in Gujarati
સાઈ
sai in Odia
ସାଇ
sai in Nepali
साई, साइ

Forms of sai

pluralsai

Origin of sai

From Japanese 釵 (sai).

Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”).

Borrowed from Hokkien 屎 (sái, “shit”).

Phrases with sai

4 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with sai

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sai

What does sai mean?
Sai means a handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
What is sai in Hindi?
Sai in Hindi is साई, साईं. See Sai meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sai?
Sai is a noun.
How do you pronounce sai?
Sai is pronounced /saɪ/.
What is the plural of sai?
The plural of sai is sai.

Words near sai in the dictionary

  1. Sahul brush cuckoos
  2. sahur
  3. Sahus
  4. sahwa
  5. Sahą́ı̨́ʔą
  6. sai
  7. Sai Gon
  8. sai kang warrior
  9. sai kang warriors
  10. Sai Kung
  11. Sai Kung North

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sai (page history and authors); sai (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sai (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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