See also: ซ่อม

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicซ้อม
z ˆ ɒ m
RomanizationPaiboonsɔ́ɔm
Royal Institutesom
(standard) IPA(key)/sɔːm˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *zoːmꟲ (to pound (rice)).

Verb edit

ซ้อม (sɔ́ɔm) (abstract noun การซ้อม)

  1. (cooking) to pound (brown rice in order to husk it).
  2. (slang) to subject to physical violence: to assault, to beat, etc.
  3. (slang) to torture in order to extract confession, information, etc.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ซ้อม (sɔ́ɔm) (abstract noun การซ้อม)

  1. to rehearse; to practice; to train; to prime.
Derived terms edit