Etymology 1

Letter

ำ

A Thai vowel letter composed of ◌ํ and า. It can be informally called สระอำ.

Usage notes

When it is solely used with a consonant, it produces /am/ without any final consonant.

This glyph is recommended to use instead of typing ◌ํ and then า.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Khmer -am- on the basis of pairs such as ขลัง (klǎng, “potent”) and กำลัง (gam-lang, “vigour”) from the ancestors of modern Khmer ខ្លាំង (khlang) and កម្លាំង (kɑmlang).

Infix

ำ

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Usage notes

The infix is only applied to words with an initial consonant cluster. If the first consonant is one of ต ถ ป ผ, it will normally be voiced to one of ด ด บ บ respectively.

Derived terms

Words using this infix are listed in their own category.

Thai terms infixed with ำ