ฉนำ

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer chnaṃ, chnama, chnāṃ, chnāṃma, chnāṃmma, chnāma, chnâma, chnāmma, cnāṃ (“year”), or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer cnaṃ, chnāṃ (“year”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឆ្នាំ (chnam).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฉนำ t͡ɕʰ n å
Phonemic		ฉะ-หฺนำ t͡ɕʰ a – h ̥ n å
Romanization	Paiboon	chà-nǎm
	Royal Institute	cha-nam
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.nam˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ฉนำ • (chà-nǎm)

1. (elegant) year.

Synonyms

• See ปี (bpii).