From ยักษ์ (yák, “yakṣa, a malevolent mythological creature, depicted as having great strength and a very large body; here used as a title”) + ปักหลั่น (bpàk-làn, “the name of a yakṣa in the epic รามเกียรติ์”); after a character in the mentioned epic, being a deity who committed adultery and was then turned into a yakṣa creature and sent down to the Earth to guard a pond as punishment.
| Orthographic | ยักษ์ปักหลั่น y ạ k ʂ ʻ p ạ k h l ạ ˋ n | |
| Phonemic | ยัก-ปัก-หฺลั่น y ạ k – p ạ k – h ̥ l ạ ˋ n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | yák-bpàk-làn |
| Royal Institute | yak-pak-lan | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /jak̚˦˥.pak̚˨˩.lan˨˩/(R) | |
ยักษ์ปักหลั่น • (yák-bpàk-làn)