Thai edit

 
thorns.
 
spines.
 
prickles.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicหนาม
h n ā m
Phonemic
หฺนาม
h ̥ n ā m
RomanizationPaiboonnǎam
Royal Institutenam
(standard) IPA(key)/naːm˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (thorn). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Tày nam, Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

Noun edit

หนาม (nǎam)

  1. thorn, spine, prickle, or any other similar structure.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

หนาม (nǎam)

  1. (zoology) any of various shells of the family Muricidae.