ผม

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ผม pʰ m
Romanization	Paiboon	pǒm
	Royal Institute	phom
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰom˩˩˦/^(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *prɤmᴬ (“head hair”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨹᩫ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຜົມ (phom), Lü ᦕᦳᧄ (ṗhum), Shan ၽူမ် (phǔum), Ahom 𑜇𑜪𑜤 (phaṃu), Nùng phỏhm, Zhuang byoem, Shangsi Zhuang pʰomᴬ¹, Saek ผรั่ม. Compare Sui byaml.

Noun

ผม • (pǒm)

headhair.

See also

ขน (kǒn, “hair (in other places)”)

Pronoun

ผม • (pǒm)

(slightly formal, men's speech) a first person pronoun employed by a male when addressing any commoner.
ผมชื่อ...ครับ
pǒm chʉ̂ʉ ... kráp
My name is ... .

Usage notes

Less formal than กระผม (grà-pǒm).

Derived terms

กระผม (grà-pǒm)
เกล้ากระผม (glâao-grà-pǒm)

See also

Thai personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	m	ผม (pǒm)	เรา (rao)
	f	ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn)
	f or neutral (colloquial)	ฉัน (chǎn)
2nd person		คุณ (kun)
3rd person	m and f	เขา (kǎo)
3rd person	n	มัน (man)

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