ยักษ์ปักหลั่น

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Thai

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicยักษ์ปักหลั่น
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
RomanizationPaiboonyák-bpàk-làn
Royal Instituteyak-pak-lan
(standard) IPA(key)/jak̚˦˥.pak̚˨˩.lan˨˩/(R)

Noun

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ยักษ์ปักหลั่น (yák-bpàk-làn)

  1. (idiomatic) person of extraordinarily large stature; person of extraordinary height.
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