พยายาม

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यायाम (vyāyāma, “drill, exercise, practice; effort, exertion, struggle; etc”); perhaps via Old Khmer byāyāma, byāyām (“to strive; to struggle; to endeavor; to persist; to persevere; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្យាយាម (pyiəyiəm).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พยายาม b y ā y ā m
Phonemic		พะ-ยา-ยาม b a – y ā – y ā m
Romanization	Paiboon	pá-yaa-yaam
	Royal Institute	pha-ya-yam
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰa˦˥.jaː˧.jaːm˧/

Verb

พยายาม • (pá-yaa-yaam) (abstract noun การพยายาม or ความพยายาม)

to make an effort; to endeavor; to strive; to struggle; to try; to attempt; to persevere; to persist.
(criminal law) to attempt.