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.
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