พนม
Appearance
Thai
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Khmer bnaṃ (“height; high place; hill, mountain; temple-mountain, mountain on top of which a temple is located, the temple itself; etc”), extended as branomya, from which Thai ประนม is derived. Compare Old Khmer vnaṃ, vnaṃm, vnam; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vnaṃ. Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ្នំ (phnum).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | พนม b n m | |
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Phonemic | พะ-นม b a – n m | |
Romanization | Paiboon | pá-nom |
Royal Institute | pha-nom | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /pʰa˦˥.nom˧/(R) |
Noun
[edit]พนม • (pá-nom)
- (elegant) hill; mountain.
- thing similar to a hill, mountain, or lotus bud, especially in terms of shape or appearance: heap, pile, etc.
Synonyms
[edit]- (hill; mountain) See เขา (kǎo).
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]พนม • (pá-nom) (abstract noun การพนม)
- to cause to look like a hill, mountain, or lotus bud, such as พนมมือ (pá-nom mʉʉ; literally "to pá-nom hands"), meaning to press hand palms together in a salute fashion.
Proper noun
[edit]พนม • (pá-nom)
- (อำเภอ~) Phanom District, a district of Surat Thani Province.