Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Isan, the Isan people or the Isan language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A large region in northeastern Thailand, on the Khorat Plateau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The language of the Isan people (between Lao and Thai, and sometimes considered a dialect of Lao, although it is written in Thai script).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Initialism of International Standard Audiovisual Number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
The ethnic Lao people who have traditionally lived in Isan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
From Thai อีสาน (ii-sǎan) (same in Isan), claimed to be from Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna, “Shiva of the northeast”).
Across languages
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