หีนยาน

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit हीनयान (hīnayāna, literally “base vehicle; inferior vehicle; lesser vehicle; low vehicle”), as opposed to महायान (mahāyāna, literally “great vehicle”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หีนยาน h ī n y ā n
Phonemic		หี-นะ-ยาน h ī – n a – y ā n	หีน-นะ-ยาน h ī n – n a – y ā n	ฮี-นะ-ยาน ʔ ī – n a – y ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	hǐi-ná-yaan	hǐin-ná-yaan	hii-ná-yaan
Romanization	Royal Institute	hi-na-yan	hin-na-yan	hi-na-yan
(standard) IPA^(key)		/hiː˩˩˦.na˦˥.jaːn˧/	/hiːn˩˩˦.na˦˥.jaːn˧/	/hiː˧.na˦˥.jaːn˧/

Proper noun

หีนยาน • (hǐi-ná-yaan)

(Buddhism, sometimes considered derogatory) Theravada.

Synonyms

เถรวาท (těe-rá-wâat)

Antonyms

มหายาน (má-hǎa-yaan)

Related terms

วัชรยาน

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