ยนต์

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali yanta (means for holding, contrivance, artifice, instrument, machine, mechanism), from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, instrument; engine; machine; device). Cognate with Lao ຍົນ (nyon), Khmer យន្ត (yŭən). Doublet of ยนตร/ยนตร์ and ยันต์.

Pronunciation

Orthographicยนต์
y n t ʻ
Phonemic
ยน
y n
RomanizationPaiboonyon
Royal Instituteyon
(standard) IPA(key)/jon˧/(R)
Homophonesยนตร์
ยล

Noun

ยนต์ • (yon)

  1. mechanical device; motor; engine.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ยนต์” 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.