นม

See also: นิ่ม

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nama (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• नम (Devanagari script)
• নম (Bengali script)
• නම (Sinhalese script)
• နမ or ၼမ (Burmese script)
• นะมะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ນມ or ນະມະ (Lao script)
• នម (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

นม

1. Thai script form of nama, which is second-person singular imperative active of นมติ (namati, “to bend”)

Thai

Etymology 1

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩫ᩠ᨾ, Lao ນົມ (nom), Lü ᦓᦳᧄ (num), Shan ၼူမ်း (núum), Tai Dam ꪶꪙꪣ, Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜪 (nuṃ), Zhuang noemz.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		นม n m
Romanization	Paiboon	nom
	Royal Institute	nom
(standard) IPA(key)		/nom˧/(R)

Noun

นม • (nom)

1. (น้ำ~) milk
2. (เต้า~) breast
3. (แม่~, พระ~) wet nurse

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali nama.

Alternative forms

• นมะ

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นม n m
Phonemic		[bound form] นะ-มะ- n a – m a –
Romanization	Paiboon	ná-má-
	Royal Institute	na-ma-
(standard) IPA(key)		/na˦˥.ma˦˥./

Noun

นม • (ná-má-)

1. (literary) respect; esteem; salutation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นม n m
Phonemic		นอ-มอ n ɒ – m ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	nɔɔ-mɔɔ
	Royal Institute	no-mo
(standard) IPA(key)		/nɔː˧.mɔː˧/(R)

Proper noun

นม • (nɔɔ-mɔɔ)

1. Initialism of นครราชสีมา (ná-kɔɔn-râat-chá-sǐi-maa): Nakhon Ratchasima (a province of Thailand)