Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicเจียม
e t͡ɕ ī y m
RomanizationPaiboonjiiam
Royal Institutechiam
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕia̯m˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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Compare Middle Khmer ច្យើម្ម (cyœmma), ចេម (cēma, sheep; wool, woolen carpet), Khmer ចៀម (ciəm, sheep)

Noun

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เจียม (jiiam)

  1. a kind of woolen carpet

Etymology 2

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Possibly borrowed from Teochew (kiam1).

Verb

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เจียม (jiiam) (abstract noun การเจียม)

  1. to be humble; to be modest