สยาม

Thai

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Khmer siama (“Siam”), whose origin is not known. Compare Modern Khmer សៀម (siəm), ស្យាម (syiəm).

Officially used as the name of the country from the reign of Mongkut (1851–68) until 24 June 1939, when the country was renamed ไทย (tai, “Thailand”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สยาม s y ā m
Phonemic		สะ-หฺยาม s a – h ̥ y ā m	[bound form] สะ-หฺยาม-มะ- s a – h ̥ y ā m – m a –
Romanization	Paiboon	sà-yǎam	sà-yǎam-má-
	Royal Institute	sa-yam	sa-yam-ma-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/sa˨˩.jaːm˩˩˦/	/sa˨˩.jaːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥./
Homophones edit		ศยาม
Audio

Proper noun

สยาม • (sà-yǎam)

(historical) (ประเทศ~, ~ประเทศ, ~รัฐ, ราชอาณาจักร~) Siam.

Derived terms

สยามมกุฏราชกุมาร
สยามินทร์ (sà-yǎa-min)

Descendants

→ Burmese: ရှမ်း (hram:)
- → English: Shan
→ Portuguese: Sciam
- → English: Siam

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