Where does “យ៉ាបា” come from?

យ៉ាបា (Khmer) comes from Thai ยาบ้า, from Thai ยา, from Proto-Tai ˀjɯəᴬ — medicine.

យ៉ាបា (Khmer): ya ba (a kind of addictive drug)

Definitions

  1. ya ba (a kind of addictive drug)

Ancestry of “យ៉ាបា”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาบ้า"ya ba", a type of addictive drug containing a...
2Thaiยาmedicine; drug; tobacco; cigarette
3Proto-Taiˀjɯəᴬmedicine
Every word from Proto-Tai ˀjɯəᴬ →Every word from Thai ยา →Every word from Thai ยาบ้า →