ชยันโต

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali jayanto (literally “conquered; triumphed; won”), the first word of a stanza in the Buddhist chant Mahā Jayamangala Gathā ("Great Verse of Victory and Auspices"), which says:

Pali: Jayanto bodhiyā mūle sakyānaṃ nandi vaddhano.

"Victorious at the foot of the Bodhi tree was he who enhanced the delight of the Sakyans."

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ชยันโต d͡ʑ y ạ n o t
Phonemic		ชะ-ยัน-โต d͡ʑ a – y ạ n – o t
Romanization	Paiboon	chá-yan-dtoo
	Royal Institute	cha-yan-to
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.jan˧.toː˧/

Verb

ชยันโต • (chá-yan-dtoo) (abstract noun การชยันโต)

(slang) to scold.

References

Royal Institute of Thailand. (2009). Photčhanānukrom kham mai lem sǭng chabap rātchabandittayasathān พจนานุกรมคำใหม่ เล่ม ๒ ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน [Royal Institute Dictionary of New Words, Volume 2]. (in Thai). Bangkok: Royal Institute of Thailand. →ISBN. p. 32.