ឈាម

See also: ឈ្មោះ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (“blood”). Cognate with Mon ဆီ, Bahnar pham, Pacoh aham, Khasi snam/'nam, Car Nicobarese ma-hām and possibly Vietnamese tươm. Munda cognates include Santali ᱢᱟᱭᱟᱢ (mayam).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ឈាម jʰām
WT romanisation	chiəm
(standard) IPA^(key)	/cʰiəm/

Noun

ឈាម • (chiəm)

blood

Synonyms

លោហិត (loohət)

Derived terms

សរសៃឈាមខ្មៅ (sɑɑsaychiəmkhmaw, “vein”)
ចេញឈាម (cəñchiəm, “to bleed”)

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