ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ

Northern Thai

Alternative forms

ค่ำ

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣamᴮ (“night”). Cognate with Southern Thai ขำ, Isan ค่ำ, Lao ຄ່ຳ (kham), Thai ค่ำ (kâm), 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.

Noun

ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ • (khâm)

  1. evening
    • 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ [New Testament], →ISBN, Acts iv.3, page 377:
      ᩉᩪ᩠ᨾ᩵ᨡᩮᩢᩣᨧᩧ᩠ᨦᨿᩢ᩠ᨸᨤᩫ᩠ᨶᨴᩧ᩠ᨦᩈᩬᨦᨻᩱᨡᩢ᩠ᨦᨤᩬᨠᩅᩱ᩶ᨧᩫ᩠ᨶᨹ᩠ᩅᩯᩅᩢ᩠ᨶᨻᩕᩪᨠᨾᩮᩬᩥ᩵ᩋᨩᩮᩢ᩶ᩣᨿᩬ᩶ᩁᩅ᩵ᩤᨤ᩵ᩣᩴᩓ᩠ᩅ (ᨠ᩠ᨭᩫᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ᩠ᨿᨡᩬᨦᨩᩣ᩠ᩅᨿᩥ᩠ᩅᨷᩴ᩵ᩉᩨ᩶ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶᨡᩧ᩠᩶ᨶᩆᩣ᩠ᩃᨲᩬᩁᨾᩨ᩠ᨯᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ)
      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.)
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