วาน

See also: วัน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicวาน
w ā n
RomanizationPaiboonwaan
Royal Institutewan
(standard) IPA(key)/waːn˧/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ŋwaːᴬ (“yesterday”). Cognate with Lao ວານ (wān), Zhuang vaz (in compounds). The final -n in this word is unetymological and was acquired under the influence of the ensuing deictic นี้ (níi, “this”), as in เมื่อวานนี้ (mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi, “this past yesterday”).

Noun

วาน • (waan)

  1. (only in compounds) yesterday
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ວານ (wān, “to ask a favour”).

Verb

วาน • (waan) (abstract noun การวาน)

  1. to ask or request (another person) for assistance.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.