กำยาน
Thai
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) กำยาร
Etymology
From Malay kemenyan (possibly via Classical Malay kamiñan).[1][2] Cognate with Khmer កំញាន (kɑmñaan), Western Cham [script needed] (kamơñan), Burmese ကက္ကုကမျဉ်း (kakku.ka.myany:).
It was believed that it borrowed from Mon [komyaan][3] which did not exist.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | กำยาน k å y ā n | |
| Phonemic | กำ-ยาน k å – y ā n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gam-yaan |
| Royal Institute | kam-yan | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kam˧.jaːn˧/(R) | |
Noun
กำยาน • (gam-yaan)