Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicยัน
y ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonyan
Royal Instituteyan
(standard) IPA(key)/jan˧/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Lao ຢັນ (yan), Shan ယၼ် (yǎn), ᦶᦊᧃ (ẏaen)

Verb edit

ยัน (yan) (abstract noun การยัน)

  1. to push, shove, or press (up, against, away, etc).
  2. to shove or strike with or as if with the sole of a foot.
  3. to prop up; to back up; to support.
  4. to confirm; to affirm; to insist.
  5. to prove; to verify; to check.
  6. to face; to confront; to stand (against).

Preposition edit

ยัน (yan)

  1. to; up to; until; to the point of.
  2. against; in opposition to.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

ยัน (yan)

  1. (of a betel nut) intoxicating; causing intoxication.

Verb edit

ยัน (yan)

  1. to be intoxicated (by a betel nut).