หีนยาน

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Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit हीनयान (hīnayāna, literally “base vehicle; inferior vehicle; lesser vehicle; low vehicle”), as opposed to महायान (mahāyāna, literally “great vehicle”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหีนยาน
h ī n y ā n
Phonemic
หี-นะ-ยาน
h ī – n a – y ā n
หีน-นะ-ยาน
h ī n – n a – y ā n
ฮี-นะ-ยาน
ɦ ī – n a – y ā n
RomanizationPaiboonhǐi-ná-yaanhǐin-ná-yaanhii-ná-yaan
Royal Institutehi-na-yanhin-na-yanhi-na-yan
(standard) IPA(key)/hiː˩˩˦.na˦˥.jaːn˧/(R)/hiːn˩˩˦.na˦˥.jaːn˧/(R)/hiː˧.na˦˥.jaːn˧/(R)

Proper noun

หีนยาน • (hǐi-ná-yaan)

  1. (Buddhism, sometimes considered derogatory) Theravada.

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