อย่าง

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Chinese (OC *laŋs). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩀ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ຢ່າງ (yāng), ᦊᦱᧂᧈ (ẏaang¹). Doublet of เยี่ยง (yîiang, like, as if; example, model).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอย่าง
ɒ y ˋ ā ŋ
Phonemic
หฺย่าง
h ̥ y ˋ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonyàang
Royal Instituteyang
(standard) IPA(key)/jaːŋ˨˩/(R)

Noun

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อย่าง (yàang)

  1. variety.
  2. style; pattern.
  3. kind; sort; type.
  4. mode.
  5. manner; method.

See also

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Adjective

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อย่าง (yàang)

  1. like.
  2. as.

Prefix

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อย่าง (yàang)

  1. -ly (creating an adverb from an adjective).
  2. way (in the following way).

Derived terms

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Classifier

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อย่าง (yàang)

  1. Classifier for kinds, varieties, patterns, types, sorts.