Siam

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”), probably the same root as Shan and Assam[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪˈæm/

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Siam

1. (historical) Thailand.

Derived terms

• Siamese

Translations

the former name of Thailand

Arabic: سِيَام‎ m (siyām) Bengali: সায়াম্ (sayam) Burmese: ဆိုင်အမ် (hcuing-am) Catalan: Siam (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 暹羅, 暹罗 (cim3 lo4-2) 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 (Shamu), サイアム (Saiamu) Khmer: សៀម (km) (siəm) 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 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

References

1. Barend Jan Terwiel, Chaichuen Khamdaengyodtai, Shan Manuscripts. Franz Steiner, 2003, p. 9.

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /siˈam/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (the former name of Thailand)

Derived terms

• siamès

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Siam

1. Siam

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Siamitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Siam (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Siamini	Siamimme
2nd person	Siamisi	Siaminne
3rd person	Siaminsa

Anagrams

• Sami, amis, masi, sima

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjam/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (the former name of Thailand)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈziːam]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Si‧am

Proper noun

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

1. Siam

Derived terms

• Siamese m
• siamesisch
• Siamkatze f

Further reading

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

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Malay

Etymology

From Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Siam (Jawi spelling سيام‎)

1. Siam; Thailand

   Synonyms: Thailand, Negara Thai

2. Siamese; Thai

   Synonym: Thai

Descendants

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

Noun

Siam (Jawi spelling سيام‎, informal 1st possessive Siamku, 2nd possessive Siammu, 3rd possessive Siamnya)

1. Siamese

Adjective

Siam (Jawi spelling سيام‎)

1. Siamese; Thai

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Proper noun

Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (the former name of Thailand)

Derived terms

• siamés

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Si‧am
• IPA^(key): /siˈam/, [sɪˈam]

Proper noun

Siám

1. (historical) Siam

   Synonym: Taylandiya