Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic ស្យាម
s̥yām
Phonemic ស្យ៉ាម
s̥y″ām
WT romanisation syaam
(standard) IPA(key) /sjaːm/

Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma).

Noun

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ស្យាម (syaam)

  1. sky
  2. cloud

Etymology 2

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Compare Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of សៀម (siəm).

Proper noun

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ស្យាម (syaam)

  1. Siam