ยัง

See also: ยิง, ยุง, and ยุ่ง

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yaṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• यं (Devanagari script)
• যং (Bengali script)
• යං (Sinhalese script)
• ယံ (Burmese script)
• ยํ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍໍ or ຍັງ or ຢັງ (Lao script)
• យំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄁 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

ยัง

1. Thai script form of yaṃ, accusative singular of ยะ (ya, “who, which, that (m)”)
2. Thai script form of yaṃ, accusative singular of ยา (yā, “who, which, that (f)”)
3. Thai script form of yaṃ, nominative/accusative singular of ยะ (ya, “which, that”)

Southern Thai

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 仍 (MC nying, “still”), cognate with Proto-Tai *ɲaŋᴬ (“alive”).

Verb

ยัง (transliteration needed)

1. to have

Thai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) ญงง
• (obsolete) ยงง

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɲaŋᴬ (“alive”) or Middle Chinese 仍 (MC nying, “still”).

Cognate with Zhuang nyaengz (“alive; still”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ยัง y ạ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	yang
	Royal Institute	yang
(standard) IPA(key)		/jaŋ˧/(R)
Audio

Adverb

ยัง • (yang)

1. still; yet.
2. also; too.

Verb

ยัง • (yang) (abstract noun การยัง)

1. (intransitive) to stay; to remain.
2. (transitive) to cause to stay or remain; to maintain; to retain; to keep up.

   ยังชีพ

   yang chîip

   to maintain the life

3. (transitive) to cause; to make; to bring about; to result (in).
4. (intransitive) to exist; to be alive; to be living; to survive.

Preposition

ยัง • (yang)

1. to; towards.
2. up to; until; through.