นิคม

Thai

Etymology

From Pali nigama (“marketplace”); from Sanskrit निगम (nigama, idem). Cognate with Khmer និគម (nikum).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นิคม n i g m
Phonemic		นิ-คม n i – g m
Romanization	Paiboon	ní-kom
	Royal Institute	ni-khom
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ni˦˥.kʰom˧/^(R)

Noun

นิคม • (ní-kom) (classifier แห่ง)

colony; settlement.
- นิคมโรค เรื้อน
  ní-kom rôok rʉ́ʉan
  leper colony
  (literally) leprosy disease colony
- ทัณฑนิคม
  tan-tá ní-kom
  penal colony

Derived terms

อาณานิคม(aa-naa-ní-kom)

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