Surname · Khmer
អៀម
“to cover up; to conceal”
អៀម (ʼiəm) is a surname from Teochew. It is used in Khmer.
KhmerWritten in Khmer script. In English: ʼiəm.
Meaning & origin
What it means
អៀម goes back to Teochew 掩 (iam²), meaning “to cover up; to conceal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Teochew 掩 (iam², “to cover up; to conceal”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
អៀម’s family of names
In Khmer usage, អៀម as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʼiəm.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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