ำ

Letter

 * 1) A Thai vowel letter composed of  and . It can be informally called.

Usage notes
When it is solely used with a consonant, it produces /am/ without any final consonant.

This glyph is recommended to use instead of typing and then.

Etymology
Borrowed from on the basis of pairs such as  and  from the ancestors of modern Khmer  and.

Infix

 * 1)  nominaliser

Usage notes
The infix is only applied to words with an initial consonant cluster. If the first consonant is one of ต ถ ป ผ, it will normally be voiced to one of ด ด บ บ respectively.

Derived terms
Words using this infix are listed in their own category.