ยาม

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yāma (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• याम (Devanagari script)
• যাম (Bengali script)
• යාම (Sinhalese script)
• ယာမ or ယႃမ (Burmese script)
• ยามะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາມ or ຍາມະ or ຢາມະ (Lao script)
• យាម (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

ยาม

1. Thai script form of yāma, which is first-person plural present/imperative active of ยาติ (yāti, “to go”)

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit याम (yāma, “time”). Cognate with Lao ຍາມ (nyām), Lü ᦍᦱᧄ (yaam), Northern Thai ᨿᩣ᩠ᨾ, Tai Dam ꪑꪱꪣ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยาม y ā m
Phonemic		ยาม y ā m	[bound form] ยา-มะ- y ā – m a –
Romanization	Paiboon	yaam	yaa-má-
	Royal Institute	yam	ya-ma-
(standard) IPA(key)		/jaːm˧/(R)	/jaː˧.ma˦˥./

Noun

ยาม • (yaam)

1. any of the eight parts of the day (period of twenty-four hours), consisting of three hours each.
2. any of the three parts of the night, consisting of four hours each, called pathommayam (ปฐมยาม), matchimayam (มัชฌิมยาม, and patchimayam (ปัจฉิมยาม), respectively.
3. (astrological) any of the eight parts of the day (period between sunrise and sunset), consisting of one and a half hours each, called suriya (สุริยะ), sukkra (ศุกระ), phuttha (พุธะ), chanthao (จันเทา), saori (เสารี), khru (ครู), phumma (ภุมมะ), and suriya (สุริยะ), respectively.
4. (astrological) any of the eight parts of the night, consisting of one and a half hours each, called rawi (รวี), chiwo (ชีโว), sasi (ศศิ), sukkro (ศุโกร), phummo (ภุมโม), soro (โสโร), phuttho (พุโธ), and rawi (รวิ), rspectively.
5. moment; time.
6. guard; security; sentry; watchman

Derived terms

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