Dictionary entry
ยาย
grandmother
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedgrandmotherlexitron
grandma; grandmamma; grandmama; grandam; grandamelexitron
maternal grandmother; also used as a title for or term of address to one's maternal grandmother or woman respected as one's maternal grandmother, and used by such person to refer to herselfwiktionary
aged woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person to refer to herself(derogatory, offensive, sometimes)wiktionary
used as a diminutive or affectionate title for or term of address to a young woman or woman of the same age as the speaker(colloquial)wiktionary
used as a title for or term of address to any woman or trans woman(derogatory, offensive, often)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voices
ยายของฉัน ทำส้มตำอร่อยที่สุดในโลก
My grandmother makes the best som tam in the world.
Ing · กาฬสินธุ์from กาฬสินธุ์ของฉัน →
Built from
From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”). The /n-/ -> /j-/ transformation is due to contamination by ย่า (yâa, “paternal grandmother”), which is semantically similar. Compare Indonesian nyai; Khmer យាយ (yiəy); Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi), ຍາຽ (nyāi); Shan ၼၢႆး (náai); Zhuang dai.
A note on usage
แม่ของแม่