เสียม

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเสียม
e s ī y m
RomanizationPaiboonsǐiam
Royal Institutesiam
(standard) IPA(key)/sia̯m˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

Compare Middle Chinese 杴 (MC xjaem). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈ᩠ᨿᨾ, Khün ᩈ᩠ᨿᨾ, Lao ສຽມ (sīam), Isan เสียม, Lü ᦵᦉᧄ (ṡem), Tai Dam ꪎꪸꪣ, Tai Dón ꪎꪸꪝ, Shan သဵမ် (sǎem, “hoe”).

Noun

เสียม • (sǐiam)

  1. narrow spade.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Khmer សៀម (siama).

Proper noun

เสียม • (sǐiam)

  1. obsolete form of สยาม (sà-yǎam)
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