Thai

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lotus bud
 
พนมมือ (pá-nom mʉʉ; literally "to pá-nom hands"), meaning to press hand palms together in a salute fashion

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer bnaṃ (height; high place; hill, mountain; temple-mountain, mountain on top of which a temple is located, the temple itself; etc), extended as branomya, from which Thai ประนม is derived. Compare Old Khmer vnaṃ, vnaṃm, vnam; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vnaṃ. Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ្នំ (phnum).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพนม
b n m
Phonemic
พะ-นม
b a – n m
RomanizationPaiboonpá-nom
Royal Institutepha-nom
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˦˥.nom˧/(R)

Noun

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พนม (pá-nom)

  1. (elegant) hill; mountain.
  2. thing similar to a hill, mountain, or lotus bud, especially in terms of shape or appearance: heap, pile, etc.

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Verb

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พนม (pá-nom) (abstract noun การพนม)

  1. to cause to look like a hill, mountain, or lotus bud, such as พนมมือ (pá-nom mʉʉ; literally "to pá-nom hands"), meaning to press hand palms together in a salute fashion.

Proper noun

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พนม (pá-nom)

  1. (อำเภอ~) Phanom District, a district of Surat Thani Province.