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Thai
Etymology
From Sanskrit व्यायाम (vyāyāma, “drill, exercise, practice; effort, exertion, struggle; etc”); perhaps via Old Khmer byāyāma, byāyām (“to strive; to struggle; to endeavor; to persist; to persevere; etc”). Cognate with Lao ພະຍາຍາມ, Northern Thai ᨽ᩠ᨿᩣᨿᩣ᩠ᨾ, Modern Khmer ព្យាយាម (pyiəyiəm).
Pronunciation
Verb
พยายาม • (pá-yaa-yaam) (abstract noun การพยายาม or ความพยายาม)
- to make an effort; to endeavor; to strive; to struggle; to try; to attempt; to persevere; to persist.
- (criminal law) to attempt: to make a substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
Noun
พยายาม • (pá-yaa-yaam)
- (criminal law) attempt: substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).