trăm

See also: tram, Tram, trám, tràm, trạm, and t͛ram

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-lam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klam. Cognate with Muong tlăm, Pacoh culám and Mon ကၠံ (klɔm).

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經; 12th cent.) as 󰭖, composed of 亇 + 林 (MC lim) (modern SV: cá lâm), and 林 (MC lim) (modern SV: lâm). Later attested in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651) as Middle Vietnamese tlăm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕam˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈam˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈam˧˧]
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Numeral

trăm (𤾓, 林, 󰭖, 𬃴)

  1. (usually in compounds) hundred
    một trăm ― one hundred
    năm trăm lẻ/linh năm ― five hundred and five

Derived terms

Noun

trăm • (𤾓, 林, 󰭖, 𬃴)

  1. (colloquial, only in compounds) a hundred thousand Vietnamese dongs
    một trăm ― one hundred thousand dongs
    (một) trăm tư ― one hundred forty thousand dongs
    hai trăm rưỡi ― two hundred fifty thousand dongs
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