ยา

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See also: ย่า

Pali

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Pronoun

ยา f

  1. Thai script form of (“who”)

Declension

Thai

Thai ยา, Khmer ថ្នាំ "medicine"

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Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (medicine). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (), ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Tai Dam ꪤꪱ, Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel, Zhuang yw. Compare Middle Chinese (jɨɐk̚).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicยา
y ā
RomanizationPaiboonyaa
Royal Instituteya
(standard) IPA(key)/jaː˧/(R)

Noun

ยา (yaa)

  1. medicine; drug.
  2. tobacco.
  3. (colloquial) cigarette.
  4. (dated) opium.
  5. (colloquial) recreational drug.

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