ยนต์

Thai

Etymology

From Pali yanta (“means for holding, contrivance, artifice, instrument, machine, mechanism”), from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, “instrument; engine; machine; device”). Cognate with Lao ຍົນ (nyon), Khmer យន្ត (yŭən). Doublet of ยนตร/ยนตร์ and ยันต์.

Pronunciation

Orthographicยนต์
y n t ʻ
Phonemic
ยน
y n
RomanizationPaiboonyon
Royal Instituteyon
(standard) IPA(key)/jon˧/(R)
Homophonesยนตร์
ยล

Noun

ยนต์ • (yon)

  1. mechanical device; motor; engine.

Derived terms

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