ยาม(yaam)

Meanings

1NounA2

guard; watchman

A person whose job is to guard a place; a security guard.

Examples

หน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7faceตึกdtèukตึกdtèukbuilding (large, multi-story)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoนายยามnaai yaamนายยามnaai yaamsecurity guard; watchmanคอยkoiคอยkoi1[to] wait (for [sb]/[sth])2keep (doing); keep on (doing)3[to] be on standby; be readyเฝ้าfâoเฝ้าfâo1[to] watch over; guard; keep; monitor2[to] attend; sit by; keep vigil3[to] await; watch for4keep (doing); continuallyประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goals
There is a security guard at the building entrance.
2NounB1

time; period; at the time of (formal/lit.)

A time or period; also used as a preposition-like form meaning at the time of (formal or literary).

Examples

ยามyaamยามyaam1time; period; at the time of (formal/lit.)2guard; watchman3watch duty; guard shift4quarter of the night (traditional)ฝนตกfŏn dtòkฝนตกfŏn dtòkit is raining; [to] rainรถติดrót dtìtรถติดrót dtìt1traffic jam; congestion2[to] have heavy traffic; be congestedมากกว่าmâak gwàaมากกว่าmâak gwàa1more; to a greater degree2more than; over (with numbers/amounts)3[to] exceed; be greater thanปกติbpòk-gà-dtìปกติbpòk-gà-dtì1normal; usual; ordinary2normally; usually3normal state; norm
During rainy times, traffic is heavier than usual.
3NounB1

watch duty; guard shift

A duty period for guarding or keeping watch.

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเวรยามween yaamเวรยามween yaam1guard duty; watch2on watch; on dutyรอบดึกrôp dèukรอบดึกrôp dèuk1late-night period; late-night slot2late at nightจนถึงjon tĕungจนถึงjon tĕung1as far as; all the way to (place/extent)2until; up to (time/point)ตีสี่dtee sèeตีสี่dtee sèe1four o’clock in the morning; 4 a.m.2at 4 a.m.
Last night I was on guard duty during the late shift until 4 a.m.
4NounC1

quarter of the night (traditional)

A traditional division of the night into time segments used historically or in literary contexts.

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ยามyaamยามyaam1time; period; at the time of (formal/lit.)2guard; watchman3watch duty; guard shift4quarter of the night (traditional)หนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsราตรีraa-dtreeราตรีraa-dtree1night; nighttime (formal/literary)2nighttime hours (poetic/lit.)ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ตีdteeตีdtee1[to] swat; smack (insects/objects)2[to] forge; hammer (metal)3[to] print; stamp; imprint4[to] estimate; reckon; guess (roughly)5[to] interpret; construe; take as6[to] chase away; drive off7o'clock (ตี + number, night hours)8[to] hit; strike; beat9[to] play (percussion); strike (a gong/drum)เกราะgràwเกราะgràw1armor; protective gear2shell; carapace3breastplate; cuirassบอกเวลาbòk way-laaบอกเวลาbòk way-laa[to] tell the time
In the first watch of the night, villagers strike the gong to tell the time.

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