From Proto-Tai *cramꟲ (“cave”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Lao ຖ້ຳ (tham), Lü ᦏᧄᧉ (ṫham²), Shan ထမ်ႈ (thām), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), Zhuang gamj.
Orthographic | ถ้ำ tʰ ˆ å | |
Phonemic | ท่ำ d ˋ å | |
Romanization | Paiboon | tâm |
Royal Institute | tham | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /tʰam˥˩/(R) |