ยาบ้า

Thai

Etymology

From ยา (yaa, “drug”) +‎ บ้า (bâa, “crazy; mad; insane; wild”); coined in 1996 by minister of public health Sanoh Thienthong; formerly known as ยาม้า (yaa-máa) and ยาขยัน.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยาบ้า y ā ɓ ˆ ā
Phonemic		ยา-บ้า y ā – ɓ ˆ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	yaa-bâa
	Royal Institute	ya-ba
(standard) IPA(key)		/jaː˧.baː˥˩/(R)

Noun

ยาบ้า • (yaa-bâa)

1. ya ba, a type of addictive drug containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine, often found in tablet form.

Related terms

• ยาเลิฟ (“Sally”)
• ยาอี (“ecstasy”)
• ยาไอซ์ (“ice”)

Descendants

• → Bengali: ইয়াবা (iẏaba)
• → Burmese: ယာဘ (yabha.) / ရာဘ (rabha.)
• → Chinese: 雅巴
• → Japanese: ヤーバー (yābā)
• → Khmer: យ៉ាបា (yaabaa)
• → Korean: 야바 (yaba)
• → Lao: ຢາບ້າ (yā bā)