ชี

Borrowed from Sanskrit जी (jī, an honorific title), according to the Royal Institute Dictionary 2011; but more likely to be from Old Khmer jī, jīha, jiha, jīya, jiya, ji (“grandfather, elderly person; forefather, ancestor; patriarch; venerable woman, religieuse; etc”), or from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ʼaji, ʼajī, ʼji, ji, jī (“idem”), or from Angkorian Old Khmer ʼji, ʼjī, ji, jī (“idem”), and thus cognate with Modern Khmer ជី (cii). Perhaps cognate with or borrowed as Lao ຊີ (sī).

• ชีย, ชีย์ — archaic, obsolete or dated

ชี • (chii) (classifier คน or ตน or รูป)

1. (archaic, irrespective of the sex) priest; ascetic
2. (แม่~, นาง~, ยาย~) female priest; priestess; religieuse
3. (Buddhism) (แม่~, นาง~, ยาย~) female lay renunciant: laywoman who has her own hair and eyebrows shaved, vows to adhere to ศีลแปด (“Eight Precepts”), and is often seen wearing a white robe
4. (Christianity) (แม่~, นาง~) nun

Cognate with Lao ຊີ (sī), Shan ၵီး (kíi).

ชี • (chii)

1. (ผัก~) coriander: the plant Coriandrum sativum of the family Apiaceae

• From "ผักชี":
  • → Japanese: パクチー

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ชี • (chii) (abstract noun การชี)

1. (of a downy substance) to diffuse; to spread; to scatter

Borrowed from Isan ซี.

ชี • (chii)

1. (แม่น้ำ~, น้ำ~, แม่~) Chi River, the longest river in Thailand

Borrowed from English she.

ชี • (chii)

1. (slang, humorous, originally LGBTQ) a third person pronoun, originally used to address a woman or effeminate man, now used irrespective of the sex of the addressee: he, she, they, etc.

From clipping of ชีปะขาว.

ชี • (chii) (classifier ตัว)

1. (แมลง~) mayfly: any insect of the order Ephemeroptera

• “ชี” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.