ขม

See also: ขมุ and ขิม

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• khama (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• खम (Devanagari script)
• খম (Bengali script)
• ඛම (Sinhalese script)
• ခမ or ၶမ (Burmese script)
• ขะมะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂມ or ຂະມະ (Lao script)
• ខម (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

ขม (khama)

1. Thai script form of khama, which is second-person singular imperative active of ขมติ (khamati, “to forgive”)

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̬.qɤmᴬ (“bitter”). Cognate with Lao ຂົມ (khom), Lü ᦃᦳᧄ (ẋum), Tai Dam ꪶꪄꪣ, Shan ၶူမ် (khǔum), Ahom 𑜁𑜤𑜪 (khuṃ), Zhuang haemz, Saek กฺั๊ม.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ขม kʰ m
Romanization	Paiboon	kǒm
	Royal Institute	khom
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰom˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

ขม • (kǒm) (abstract noun ความขม)

1. bitter.