tom yam

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

tom yum

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• tom yum

Etymology

From Thai ต้มยำ (dtôm-yam, literally “boil mixture”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɒm ˈjæm/, /ˌtɒm ˈjam/, /ˌtɒm ˈjʌm/^[1]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɑm ˈjɑm/^[1]

Noun

tom yam (usually uncountable, plural tom yams)

1. A Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Note: Spelling may vary.
• tom yam gai (with chicken)
• tom yam kung, tom yam goong (with prawns or shrimps)
• tom yam pla (with fish)

Translations

a Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies

Chinese: Mandarin: 冬蔭／冬荫 (dōngyīn) Indonesian: tom yam Japanese: トムヤム (tomuyamu) Korean: 똠얌 (ttomyam) Lao: ຕົ້ມຍຳ (tom nyam) Russian: том я́м m (tom jám) Thai: ต้มยำ (th) (dtôm-yam)

See also

• hot and sour soup
• tom kha

References

1. “tom yam, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2017.

Anagrams

• mamoty

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

tom yam

Wikipedia ^id

tom yam

Etymology

From Thai ต้มยำ (dtôm-yam, literally “boil mixture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɔm ˈjam]

Noun

tom yam (first-person possessive tom yamku, second-person possessive tom yammu, third-person possessive tom yamnya)

1. (cooking) tom yam: a Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies.

Further reading

• “tom yam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.