Isan

A large region in northeastern Thailand, on the Khorat Plateau.

Adjective

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Isan, the Isan people or the Isan language.

Origin

From Thai อีสาน (ii-sǎan) (same in Isan), claimed to be from Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna, “Shiva of the northeast”).

Synonyms

Isanese

Related

Wiktionary’s coverage of Isan terms

Proper noun

  1. A large region in northeastern Thailand, on the Khorat Plateau.
  2. The language of the Isan people (between Lao and Thai, and sometimes considered a dialect of Lao, although it is written in Thai script).

Synonyms

Isaan Issan

Noun

  1. The ethnic Lao people who have traditionally lived in Isan.

Synonyms

Isanese