อย่าง

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

อย่าง (yàang)

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

See also[edit]

Adjective[edit]

อย่าง (yàang)

  1. like.
  2. as.

Prefix[edit]

อย่าง (yàang)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Classifier[edit]

อย่าง (yàang)

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