ค่ำ

ค่ำ • (khâm)

1. alternative spelling of ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ (“evening”)
   • 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ [New Testament], →ISBN, Acts iv.3, page 377:

     หมู่เขาจึงยับคนตึงสองไปขังคอกไว้จ๋นแผววันพูกเมื่อเจ๊าย้อนว่าค่ำแล้ว (กฎหมายของจาวยิวบ่หื้อคนขึ้นศาลต๋อนมืดค่ำ)

     mùu khǎo cɯng yáp khon tɯng sɔ̌ɔng pai khǎng khɔ̂ɔk wái cǒn phǎeo wan phûuk mɯ̂ɯacáo yɔ́ɔn wâa khâm lɛ́ɛo (kòtmǎai khɔ̌ɔng caao yio bɔ̀ɔ hɯ᷆ɯ kho khɯ᷆n sǎan tɔ̌ɔn mɯ̂ɯk khâm)

     They therefore arrested both of them to be confined to prison staying until early the next day for it was evening already. (The law of the Jews did not allow people to appear in court during the hours of darkness.)

• (obsolete) ฅ่ำ (kâm)

From Proto-Tai *ɣamᴮ (“night”). Cognate with Southern Thai ขำ, Isan ค่ำ, Lao ຄ່ຳ (kham), Northern Thai ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ (xam⁵), Khün ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ (kham²), Lü ᦆᧄᧈ (xam¹), Tai Dam ꪁꪾ꪿ (ꞌcăm), Tai Dón ꪅꪝꪾꫀ, Shan ၶမ်ႈ (khām), Tai Nüa ᥑᥛ (xam), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Zhuang haemh, Saek กฺั้ม.

ค่ำ • (kâm)

1. (Thai lunar calendar) day.
2. dusk; nightfall.

ค่ำ • (kâm)

1. to become dark; to enter the period of time after the end of daylight.