คำถาม

Thai

Etymology

คำ (kam, “word”) +‎ ถาม (tǎam, “to ask”). Compare Lao ຄຳຖາມ (kham thām).

Pronunciation

Orthographicคำถาม
g å tʰ ā m
Phonemic
คำ-ถาม
g å – tʰ ā m
RomanizationPaiboonkam-tǎam
Royal Institutekham-tham
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰam˧.tʰaːm˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

คำถาม • (kam-tǎam) (classifier ข้อ)

  1. question
    ผมมีคำถามครับ
    pǒm mii kam-tǎam kráp
    I have a question (male speaker, polite)
    ดิฉันมีคำถามค่ะ
    dì-chǎn mii kam-tǎam kâ
    I have a question (female speaker, polite)

Derived terms

  • ตอบคำถาม
  • ตั้งคำถาม
  • ประโยคคำถาม
  • ยิงคำถาม

Further reading

  • “คำถาม” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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