ยาบ้า

Thai

Etymology

From ยา (yaa, “drug”) +‎ บ้า (bâa, “crazy; mad; insane; wild”); coined in 1996 by minister of public health Sanoh Thienthong; formerly known as ยาม้า (yaa-máa) and ยาขยัน.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยาบ้า y ā ɓ ˆ ā
Phonemic		ยา-บ้า y ā – ɓ ˆ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	yaa-bâa
Romanization	Royal Institute	ya-ba
(standard) IPA^(key)		/jaː˧.baː˥˩/^(R)

Noun

ยาบ้า • (yaa-bâa)

ya ba, a type of addictive drug containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine, often found in tablet form.

Related terms

ยาเลิฟ (“Sally”)
ยาอี (“ecstasy”)
ยาไอซ์ (“ice”)

Descendants

→ Bengali: ইয়াবা (iẏaba)
→ Burmese: ယာဘ (yabha.) / ရာဘ (rabha.)
→ Chinese: 雅巴
→ Japanese: ヤーバー (yābā)
→ Khmer: យ៉ាបា (yaabaa)
→ Korean: 야바 (yaba)
→ Lao: ຢາບ້າ (yā bā)