ระยำ

Thai

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Malay rejam (“to stone; to lapidate”), from Arabic رَجْم (rajm, “lapidation”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ระยำ r a y å
Phonemic		ระ-ยำ r a – y å
Romanization	Paiboon	rá-yam
	Royal Institute	ra-yam
(standard) IPA(key)		/ra˦˥.jam˧/(R)

Adjective

ระยำ • (rá-yam) (abstract noun ความระยำ)

1. (dialect) completely broken, ruined, or damaged.
2. (vulgar, derogatory, very offensive, of a person, action, behaviour, etc) ill; evil; wicked; vile; bad.

Derived terms

• ระยำตำบอน
• ระยำยับ
• สาระยำ