อำนวย • (am-nuai) (abstract noun การอำนวย)
From Old Khmer `amnoy, `aṃnoy, ʼaṃnoya, ʼaṃmnoya (“donation; gift”), extended forms of oʼaya, oy, oya, oyy, oyya, oyaya, uy, ūya (“to cause, to make; to give; to allow, to let, to permit; on behalf of; so that; etc”), from which Thai อวย (uai) was derived. Compare Modern Khmer អំណោយ (qâmnaôy).