សៀម

See also: ស្មើ, សើម, ស្មៅ, ស្មា, សម, សឹម, and សូម

Khmer

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Khmer សៀម (siama), from Angkorian Old Khmer ស្យាំ (syāṃ), from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ស្យាំ (syāṃ), ស្យំ (syaṃ) (first attested in c. 578-677 AD).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សៀម
siam
WT romanisation siəm
(standard) IPA(key) /siəm/

Proper noun

សៀម • (siəm)

  1. (historical) Siam (former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia)
    ប្រទេស  ―  prɑteih siəm  ―  Siam (country)
  2. (sometimes derogatory or offensive) Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia); Thai
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