Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer យ្វន៑ (yvan, Vietnam; Vietnamese); compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer យោន៑ (yon), Khmer យួន (yuən), Lao ຍວນ (nyūan), Mon ယောန်.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicญวน
ɲ w n
Phonemic
ยวน
y w n
RomanizationPaiboonyuuan
Royal Instituteyuan
(standard) IPA(key)/jua̯n˧/(R)
Homophonesยวน
Audio

Proper noun edit

ญวน (yuuan)

  1. (ประเทศ~) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
  2. (ภาษา~) Vietnamese language

Synonyms edit

Noun edit

ญวน (yuuan)

  1. (ชาว~) Vietnamese people

Derived terms edit