ឈាម

See also: ឈ្មោះ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (“blood”). Cognate with Mon ဆီ (chiṃ), Nyah Kur ชิม (chim), Bahnar pham, Pacoh aham, Khasi snam/'nam, Car Nicobarese mahām 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)

1. blood

Synonyms

• លោហិត (loohət)

Derived terms

• សរសៃឈាមខ្មៅ (sɑɑ say chiəm khmaw, “vein”)
• ចេញឈាម (cəñ chiəm, “to bleed”)