ยักษ์ปักหลั่น

Thai

Etymology

From ยักษ์ (yák, “yakṣa, a malevolent mythological creature, depicted as having great strength and a very large body; here used as a title”) + ปักหลั่น (bpàk-làn, “the name of a yakṣa in the epic รามเกียรติ์”); after a character in the mentioned epic, being a deity who committed adultery and was then turned into a yakṣa creature and sent down to the Earth to guard a pond as punishment.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยักษ์ปักหลั่น y ạ k ʂ ʻ p ạ k h l ạ ˋ n
Phonemic		ยัก-ปัก-หฺลั่น y ạ k – p ạ k – h ̥ l ạ ˋ n
Romanization	Paiboon	yák-bpàk-làn
	Royal Institute	yak-pak-lan
(standard) IPA^(key)		/jak̚˦˥.pak̚˨˩.lan˨˩/

Noun

ยักษ์ปักหลั่น • (yák-bpàk-làn)

(idiomatic) person of extraordinarily large stature; person of extraordinary height.

Related terms

ยักษ์มักกะสัน (yák-mák-gà-sǎn)