ค่ำ

See also: คำ

Thai

Alternative forms

(obsolete) ฅ่ำ (kâm)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ค่ำ g ˋ å
Romanization	Paiboon	kâm
	Royal Institute	kham
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰam˥˩/

Noun

ค่ำ • (kâm)

(Thai lunar calendar) day.
dusk; nightfall.

Verb

ค่ำ • (kâm)

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

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