Where does “ยาบ้า” come from?

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

ยาบ้า (Thai): "ya ba", a type of addictive drug containing a...

Definitions

  1. "ya ba", a type of addictive drug containing a...

Ancestry of “ยาบ้า”, step by step

ยาบ้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาmedicine; drug; tobacco; cigarette
2Proto-Taiˀjɯəᴬmedicine

via Thai บ้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบ้าcrazy, mad, insane; a name of fish, "Leptobarbus...
2Proto-Taiɓaːᶜcrazy

Words derived from “ยาบ้า”

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