Siam
See also: siam
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”), from Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi (“land of gold”) or Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “dark”) or Mon ရာမည (rhmañña, “stranger”), probably the same root as Shan and Assam[1]
Derived terms
Translations
the former name of Thailand
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References
- Barend Jan Terwiel, Chaichuen Khamdaengyodtai, Shan Manuscripts. Franz Steiner, 2003, p. 9.
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Siam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Siam | — | |
| genitive | Siamin | — | |
| partitive | Siamia | — | |
| illative | Siamiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Siam | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Siam | — |
| gen. | Siamin | ||
| genitive | Siamin | — | |
| partitive | Siamia | — | |
| inessive | Siamissa | — | |
| elative | Siamista | — | |
| illative | Siamiin | — | |
| adessive | Siamilla | — | |
| ablative | Siamilta | — | |
| allative | Siamille | — | |
| essive | Siamina | — | |
| translative | Siamiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Siamitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sjam/
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈziːam]
- Hyphenation: Si‧am
Derived terms
Spanish
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