ค่ำ

See also: คำ

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣamᴮ (“night”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩴ᩵ᩣ, Lao ຄ່ຳ (kham), Lü ᦆᧄᧈ (xam¹), Shan ၶမ်ႈ (khām), Tai Dam ꪁꪾ꪿, Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Zhuang haemh, Saek กฺั้ม.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicค่ำ
g ˋ å
RomanizationPaiboonkâm
Royal Institutekham
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰam˥˩/(R)

Noun

ค่ำ • (kâm)

  1. (Thai lunar calendar) day.
  2. dusk; nightfall.

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Verb

ค่ำ • (kâm)

  1. to become dark; to enter the period of time after the end of daylight.
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