ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ

Northern Thai

**Northern Thai numbers ^(edit)**
← 2	3	4 →
Secular Lanna script numeral: ᪃ Religious Lanna script numeral: ᪓ Cardinal: ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ Ordinal: ᨴᩦ᩵ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ Cardinal: สาม Ordinal: ตี้สาม

Alternative forms

สาม

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *saːm (“three”), from Middle Chinese 三 (MC sam, “three”). Cognate with Thai สาม (sǎam), Saek ส่าม, Lao ສາມ (sām), Lü ᦉᦱᧄ (ṡaam), Tai Dam ꪎꪱꪣ, Shan သၢမ် (sǎam), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥛᥴ (sáam), Ahom 𑜏𑜪 (saṃ), Zhuang sam.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ
Phonemic		สาม s ā m
Romanization	Paiboon	sǎam
	Royal Institute	sam
(Chiang Mai) IPA^(key)		/saːm˩˩˦/
(Chiang Rai) IPA^(key)		/saːm˩˩˧/

Numeral

ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ • (saam)

three