sǎai-fai-fáapower line, electric wire
TonesสClasshighSyllablesthree

Made of

literally “line of electricity”

สาย on its own means “late; late morning; line”.

How it reads

สายไฟฟ้า

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Letters in the word

Kai says

In Thailand, a nickname is often a name people use every day, not just a shortened version of a formal name. It may be chosen before the formal name itself.

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