ผม

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicผม
pʰ m
RomanizationPaiboonpǒm
Royal Institutephom
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰom˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *prɤmᴬ (“head hair”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨹᩫ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຜົມ (phom), Lü ᦕᦳᧄ (ṗhum), Shan ၽူမ် (phǔum), Ahom 𑜇𑜤𑜪 (phuṃ), Nung phỏhm, Zhuang byoem, Shangsi Zhuang pʰomᴬ¹, Saek ผรั่ม. Compare Sui byaml.

Noun

ผม • (pǒm)

  1. headhair.
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Pronoun

ผม • (pǒm)

  1. (slightly formal, men's speech) a first person pronoun employed by a male when addressing any commoner.
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Thai personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person m ผม (pǒm) เรา (rao)
f ดิฉัน (dì-chǎn)
f or neutral (colloquial) ฉัน (chǎn)
2nd person คุณ (kun)
3rd person m and f เขา (kǎo)
n มัน (man)
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