Siam

See also: siam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”), from Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi (“land of gold”) or Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “dark”) or Mon ရာမည (rhmañña, “stranger”), the same root as Shan and probably Assam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪˈæm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æm

Proper noun

Siam

2. (historical) The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia.
   • 1777, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 7th edition, London: […] S. Crowder, […]; J. Sewell, […]; W. Johnston, […]; and B. Law, […], →OCLC, page 277:

     From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe: […]

Derived terms

• Gulf of Siam
• Siam weed
• Siamese

Translations

the former name of Thailand

• Arabic: سِيَام m (siyām)
• Bengali: সায়াম্ (śaẏam)
• Burmese: ဆိုင်အမ် (hcuing-am)
• Catalan: Siam (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 暹羅 / 暹罗 (cim³ lo^4-2)

  Hakka: 暹羅 / 暹罗 (Siàm-lò)

  Mandarin: 暹羅 / 暹罗 (zh) (Xiānluó), 暹 (zh) (Xiān)

• Estonian: Siiam
• Finnish: Siam (fi)
• French: Siam (fr) m
• Galician: Siam (gl)
• German: Siam (de) n
• Hindi: सियाम (siyām), श्याम (hi) m (śyām), स्याम (hi) m (syām), श्यामदेश m (śyāmdeś)
• Hungarian: Sziám (hu)
• Italian: Siam m
• Japanese: シャム (ja) (Shamu), サイアム (Saiamu), (historical) 暹羅 (しゃむろ, Shamuro)
• Khmer: សៀម (km) (siəm), ស្យាម (km) (syaam)
• Korean: 시암 (Siam), 샴 (Syam)
• Lao: ສຍາມ (sa nyām), ສະຫຍາມ (sa nyām)
• Malay: Siam
• Mon: သေံ, သေမ်, ဒျောဒျာ
• Northern Thai: ᩈ᩠ᨿ᩻ᩣ᩠ᨾ, ᩈ᩠ᨿᩣ᩠ᨾ
• Pali: syāmaraṭṭha n
• Pattani Malay: سيٍّي, سييٍي, ซีแย
• Persian: سیام (fa) (syâm)
• Polish: Syjam (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sião m, Sciam m
• Romanian: Siam (ro) n
• Russian: Сиа́м m (Siám)
• Spanish: Siam (es) m
• Swedish: Siam (sv)
• Thai: สยาม (th) (sà-yǎam)
• Turkish: Siyam
• Urdu: سیام (siyām)
• Vietnamese: Xiêm La (暹羅)

Anagrams

• AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Mias, Sami, Sima, Sámi, aims, saim, sima

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [siˈam]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• siamès

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Sciam, from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɑm/, [ˈs̠iɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -iɑm
• Hyphenation^(key): Si‧am

Proper noun

Siam

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Siam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Siam	—
genitive		Siamin	—
partitive		Siamia	—
illative		Siamiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Siam	—
accusative	nom.	Siam	—
	gen.	Siamin
genitive		Siamin	—
partitive		Siamia	—
inessive		Siamissa	—
elative		Siamista	—
illative		Siamiin	—
adessive		Siamilla	—
ablative		Siamilta	—
allative		Siamille	—
essive		Siamina	—
translative		Siamiksi	—
abessive		Siamitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Siam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Siamini — accusative nom. Siamini — gen. Siamini genitive Siamini — partitive Siamiani — inessive Siamissani — elative Siamistani — illative Siamiini — adessive Siamillani — ablative Siamiltani — allative Siamilleni — essive Siaminani — translative Siamikseni — abessive Siamittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Siamisi — accusative nom. Siamisi — gen. Siamisi genitive Siamisi — partitive Siamiasi — inessive Siamissasi — elative Siamistasi — illative Siamiisi — adessive Siamillasi — ablative Siamiltasi — allative Siamillesi — essive Siaminasi — translative Siamiksesi — abessive Siamittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Siamimme — accusative nom. Siamimme — gen. Siamimme genitive Siamimme — partitive Siamiamme — inessive Siamissamme — elative Siamistamme — illative Siamiimme — adessive Siamillamme — ablative Siamiltamme — allative Siamillemme — essive Siaminamme — translative Siamiksemme — abessive Siamittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Siaminne — accusative nom. Siaminne — gen. Siaminne genitive Siaminne — partitive Siamianne — inessive Siamissanne — elative Siamistanne — illative Siamiinne — adessive Siamillanne — ablative Siamiltanne — allative Siamillenne — essive Siaminanne — translative Siamiksenne — abessive Siamittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Siaminsa — accusative nom. Siaminsa — gen. Siaminsa genitive Siaminsa — partitive Siamiaan Siamiansa — inessive Siamissaan Siamissansa — elative Siamistaan Siamistansa — illative Siamiinsa — adessive Siamillaan Siamillansa — ablative Siamiltaan Siamiltansa — allative Siamilleen Siamillensa — essive Siaminaan Siaminansa — translative Siamikseen Siamiksensa — abessive Siamittaan Siamittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• siamilainen

 

compounds

• siaminkissa
• siaminpiikkisilmä

 

Anagrams

• Sami, amis, masi, sima

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjam/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• boule de Siam
• chou de Siam
• courge de Siam
• siamois
• Siamois

 

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈziːam]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Si‧am

Proper noun

Siam n (proper noun, strong, genitive Siams or Siam)

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• Siamese m
• siamesisch
• Siamkatze f

Further reading

• Siam on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Siam” in Duden online

Malay

Etymology

From Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.am/
• Rhymes: -iam, -jam, -am

Proper noun

Siam (Jawi spelling سيام)

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)
   1. (informal, esp. Northern Peninsular) Thailand (in its modern form)

   Synonyms: Thailand, Negara Thai

Descendants

• Indonesian: Siam
• → Pattani Malay: سيٍّي / ซีแย

Adjective

Siam (Jawi spelling سيام)

1. (dialectal) Thai; relating to Thailand, the Thai people, or the Thai language.

   Kakak aku asyik khusyuk tengok drama Siam dari tengahari. ― My sister's been hooked watching Thai dramas since afternoon.

Derived terms

• bahasa Siam
• orang Siam

 

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سيم siyam”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 432
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “Siam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 467

Further reading

• “Siam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Spanish

Proper noun

Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• siamés

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Siam (“Thailand”), from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam (historical name)”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈam/ [ˈʃam]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /siˈam/ [ˈsjam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: Si‧am
• Homophone: siyam

Proper noun

Siám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Taylandiya

Anagrams

• mais, amis, sima, asim, misa