ចៀម

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ចៀម ciam WT romanisation ciəm (standard) IPA(key) /ciəm/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Khmer ច្យើម្ម (cyœmma), ចេម (cēma, “sheep; wool, woolen carpet”), first attested in 1701.

Noun

ចៀម • (ciəm)

1. sheep

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Thai เจียม (jiiam, “to be humble”), possibly from Teochew 謙／谦 (kiam¹).

Verb

ចៀម • (ciəm) (abstract noun ការចៀម)

1. to moderate; to temper