ชาม

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟaam. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any cognates in living languages besides Thai?”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicชาม
d͡ʑ ā m
RomanizationPaiboonchaam
Royal Institutecham
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaːm˧/(R)

Noun

ชาม • (chaam) (classifier ใบ)

  1. bowl (food vessel).

Derived terms

  • ชามผสม (chaam-pà-sǒm)
  • ชามอ่าง
  • ตู้ถ้วยชาม
  • ถ้วยชาม

Further reading

  • ชาม” 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.