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Thai
Etymology
From Old Khmer jrom (“to crouch, to kneel, to bow; to sink, to subside, to collapse; to lie flat; etc”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
โทรม • (soom) (abstract noun ความโทรม)
- decayed; rotten; ruined; worn; worn out; shabby; run-down; seedy; dilapidated.
- decaying; decadent; declining; degenerating; deteriorating; decomposing.
- thin; skinny; emaciated; tabescent; wasting away.
- (slang, of appearance, especially facial appearance) not in a healthy condition.
Derived terms
Verb
โทรม • (soom) (abstract noun การโทรม)
- (archaic) to cause to come down or go down; to lower; to reduce; to decrease; to decline.
- (archaic) to jointly do something; to join in doing something; to join forces for doing something.
- (criminal law, only used when the victim is a woman) to gang-rape.
2007 September 19, “ประมวลกฎหมายอาญา”, in ห้องสมุดกฎหมาย, Bangkok: สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกฤษฎีกา, published 2017-03-24, archived from the original on 9 July 2020:
- ...โทรมหญิงหรือกระทำกับชายในลักษณะเดียวกัน ต้องระวางโทษจำคุกตั้งแต่สิบห้าปีถึงยี่สิบปี และปรับตั้งแต่สามแสนบาทถึงสี่แสนบาท หรือจำคุกตลอดชีวิต
- ... soom yǐng rʉ̌ʉ grà-tam gàp chaai nai lák-sà-nà diao gan · dtɔ̂ng rá-waang-tôot jam-kúk dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛ sìp hâa bpii tʉ̌ng yîi sìp bpii · lɛ́ bpràp dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛ sǎam sɛ̌ɛn bàat tʉ̌ng sìi sɛ̌ɛn bàat · rʉ̌ʉ jam-kúk dtà-lɔ̀ɔt chii-wít
- ...gang-rape a woman or conduct upon a man in a similar manner, shall be liable to imprisonment from fifteen years to twenty years and a fine from three hundred thousand baht to four hundred thousand baht, or to imprisonment for life.
Derived terms
(to gang-rape):
Adverb
โทรม • (soom) (abstract noun ความโทรม)
- (archaic) jointly; together; simultaneously.