ยาน

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ยาน n

  1. Thai script form of yāna (“conveyance”)

Declension

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicยาน
y ā n
RomanizationPaiboonyaan
Royal Instituteyan
(standard) IPA(key)/jaːn˧/(R)
Homophonesญาณ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit यान (yāna, going; carriage; vehicle) or Pali yāna (going; means of motion; carriage; vehicle). Cognate with Lao ຍານ (nyān), Khmer យាន (yiən), Burmese ယာဉ် (yany).

Noun

ยาน • (yaan)

  1. conveyance of any kind (land, sea, or air).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

ยาน • (yaan) (abstract noun การยาน)

  1. to be drooping, sagging
Derived terms
  • หย่อนยาน

Further reading

  • ยาน” 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.