sấm

See also: sam, Sam, sam-, săm, sắm, sâm, and sậm

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səm˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəm˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂəm˦˥] ~ [səm˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-rǝmʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *grəm(ʔ) ~ *gram() (“to thunder; to rumble”); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] /kʰrʌm⁴/, Pacoh crứm (“thunder”), Bahnar grơ̆m (“distant thunder”) and Khmer គ្រុម (krum, “sound of thunder”).

Noun

sấm (渗, 滲, 𢀮, 𩆐, 𩆠, 𩆷, 𩇆)

(weather) thunder

Derived terms

sấm chớp
sấm sét

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 讖.

Noun

sấm

(rare, chiefly in compounds) prophecy

Derived terms

sấm truyền

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