ถาม

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (to ask). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Tai Nüa ᥗᥣᥛᥴ (tháam), Phake ထံ (thaṃ), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Zhuang cam, Saek ถ่าม, Zuojiang Zhuang tam.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicถาม
tʰ ā m
RomanizationPaiboontǎam
Royal Institutetham
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰaːm˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ถาม • (tǎam) (abstract noun การถาม)

  1. to ask

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ถาม” 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.