วาน

See also: วัน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicวาน
w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonwaan
Royal Institutewan
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1

Cognate with Lao ວານ (wān, to ask a favour).

Verb

วาน • (waan) (abstract noun การวาน)

  1. to ask or request (another person) for assistance.
Derived terms
  • ไหว้วาน

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ŋwaːᴬ (yesterday).[1] The final -n in this word is unetymological and was acquired under the influence of the ensuing deictic นี้ (níi, this), as in เมื่อวานนี้ (mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi, this past yesterday).[2][3]

Cognate with Lao ວານ (wān), Zhuang vaz.

Noun

วาน • (waan)

  1. (only in compounds) yesterday
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 360
  2. ^ Li, Fang Kuei (1977), A Handbook of Comparative Tai, University of Hawaii Press, page 265
  3. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 376

Further reading

  • วาน” 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.