ยวน

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Thai

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Northern Thai girl in traditional dress performing a traditional dance.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicยวน
y w n
RomanizationPaiboonyuuan
Royal Instituteyuan
(standard) IPA(key)/jua̯n˧/(R)
Homophonesญวน
Audio

Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit यवन (yavana, Ionia).

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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ยวน (yuuan)

  1. (historical) Ionian.
  2. (historical) of or pertaining to Singhanavati, an ancient polity in modern-day Northern Thailand, or to its people, language(s), or culture.
  3. (historical) of or pertaining to Lan Na, an ancient polity in modern-day Northern Thailand, or to its people, language(s), or culture.
  4. (somewhat derogatory) of or pertaining to Northern Thailand, Northern Thai people, Northern Thai language, or Northern Thai culture.

Noun

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ยวน (yuuan)

  1. (historical) Ionian.
  2. (historical) member of a people of Singhanavati, an ancient polity in modern-day Northern Thailand.
  3. (historical) member of a people of Lan Na, an ancient polity in modern-day Northern Thailand.
  4. (somewhat derogatory) Northern Thai person.

Proper noun

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ยวน (yuuan)

  1. (historical) Ionia.
  2. (historical) Singhanavati, an ancient polity in modern-day Northern Thailand.
  3. (historical) Lan Na, an ancient polity in modern-day Northern Thailand.
  4. (somewhat derogatory) Northern Thailand.
Descendants
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  • Burmese: ယွန်း (ywan:)

Etymology 2

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Uncertain.

Verb

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ยวน (yuuan) (abstract noun การยวน)

  1. to arouse; to sexually stimulate.
  2. to content; entertain; please.
  3. to entice; lure; seduce; tempt.
  4. to flirt; tease.
  5. to infuriate.
Derived terms
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