Surname · Khmer
ជាម
“dish; bowl”
ជាម (ciəm) is a surname from Proto-Mon-Khmer. It is used in Khmer.
KhmerWritten in Khmer script. In English: chéam.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ជាម goes back to Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟaam, meaning “dish; bowl.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ជាម’s family of names
In Khmer usage, ជាម has a later derivative in CHEAM. In Khmer usage, ជាម as a surname has a transliteration in chéam. In Khmer usage, ជាម as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as ciəm.
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Spellings & scripts 2
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Across languages 1
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