สยาม

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สยาม s y ā m
Phonemic		สะ-หฺยาม s a – h ̥ y ā m	[bound form] สะ-หฺยาม-มะ- s a – h ̥ y ā m – m a –
Romanization	Paiboon	sà-yǎam	sà-yǎam-má-
	Royal Institute	sa-yam	sa-yam-ma-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/sa˨˩.jaːm˩˩˦/^(R)	/sa˨˩.jaːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥./
Homophones edit		ศยาม
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Etymology 1

Possibly from Old Khmer សៀម (siama) (whence Modern Khmer សៀម (siəm), ស្យាម (syaam), Mon သေမ်, သေံ), or from Min Nan 暹 (siam) (as in 暹羅／暹罗 (Siam-lô)), becoming *เสียม (sǐiam). And later, the spelling was meant to imitate Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma) which did not relate at all.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Officially used as the name of the country from the reign of Mongkut (1851–68) until 24 June 1939, when the country was renamed ไทย (tai, “Thailand”).

Alternative forms

(obsolete) ศยาม

Proper noun

สยาม • (sà-yǎam)

(historical) (ประเทศ~, ~ประเทศ, ~รัฐ, ราชอาณาจักร~) Siam.

Derived terms

สยามมกุฏราชกุมาร
สยามินทร์ (sà-yǎa-min)

Descendants

→ Burmese: ရှမ်း (hram:, “Shan”)
- → English: Shan
- → Thai: ฉาน (chǎan)
→ Burmese: သျှမ်း (hsyam:, “Shan”)
→ Portuguese: Sciam
- → English: Siam
→ Malay: Siam
- Indonesian: Siam
- → Pattani Malay: سيٍّي‎ / ซีแย

Etymology 2

From clipping of สยามสแควร์.

Proper noun

สยาม • (sà-yǎam)

(slang) Siam Square (a shopping district in Bangkok, Thailand)

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