นม

See also: นิ่ม

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

nama (Latin script)
𑀦𑀫 (Brahmi script)
नम (Devanagari script)
নম (Bengali script)
නම (Sinhalese script)
နမ or ၼမ (Burmese script)
นะมะ (Thai script)
ᨶᨾ (Tai Tham script)
ນມ or ນະມະ (Lao script)
នម (Khmer script)
𑄚𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

นม

Thai script form of nama, which is second-person singular imperative active of นมติ (namati, “to bend”)

Thai

Etymology 1

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩫ᩠ᨾ, Lao ນົມ (nom), Lü ᦓᦳᧄ (num), Shan ၼူမ်း (núum), Tai Dam ꪶꪙꪣ, Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜪 (nuṃ), Zhuang noemz.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		นม n m
Romanization	Paiboon	nom
Romanization	Royal Institute	nom
(standard) IPA^(key)		/nom˧/^(R)

Noun

นม • (nom)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali nama.

Alternative forms

นมะ

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นม n m
Phonemic		[bound form] นะ-มะ- n a – m a –
Romanization	Paiboon	ná-má-
Romanization	Royal Institute	na-ma-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/na˦˥.ma˦˥./

Noun

นม • (ná-má-)

(literary) respect; esteem; salutation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นม n m
Phonemic		นอ-มอ n ɒ – m ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	nɔɔ-mɔɔ
Romanization	Royal Institute	no-mo
(standard) IPA^(key)		/nɔː˧.mɔː˧/^(R)

Proper noun

นม • (nɔɔ-mɔɔ)

Initialism of นครราชสีมา (ná-kɔɔn-râat-chá-sǐi-maa): Nakhon Ratchasima (a province of Thailand)