สยาม

Thai

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˩˩˦/(R)	/sa˨˩.jaːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥./
Homophones edit		ศยาม
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Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly:

• From Angkorian Old Khmer ស្យាំ (syāṃ), from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ស្យាំ (syāṃ), ស្យំ (syaṃ) (first attested in c. 578-677 AD)

  (whence Middle Khmer សៀម (siama), Modern Khmer សៀម (siəm), ស្យាម (syaam), Mon သေမ်, သေံ)

• From Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “black, dark-coloured”). (whence the obsolete form ศยาม)
• Corrupted from Pali sāma as in sāmapadesa (“Siam”).

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”).

Alternative forms

• ศยาม, เสียม (sǐiam) — obsolete

Proper noun

สยาม • (sà-yǎam)

1. (ประเทศ~, ~ประเทศ, ~รัฐ, ราชอาณาจักร~) (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

Adjective

สยาม • (sà-yǎam)

1. Siamese; Thai; relating to Siam or Thailand.

Derived terms

• สยามมกุฏราชกุมาร
• สยามินทร์ (sà-yǎa-min)

 

Descendants

• → Burmese: ရှမ်း (hram:, “Shan”)
  • → English: Shan
  • → Thai: ฉาน (chǎan)
  • → Chinese: 撣 / 掸
• → Burmese: သျှမ်း (hsyam:, “Shan”)
• → Portuguese: Sciam
  • → English: Siam
• → Malay: Siam
  • Indonesian: Siam
  • → Pattani Malay: سيٍّي / ซีแย

Etymology 2

From clipping of สยามสแควร์.

Proper noun

สยาม • (sà-yǎam)

1. (slang) Siam Square (a shopping district in Bangkok, Thailand)