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siam

/saɪˈæm/

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Singapore/sjɑm˦˨/

siam verb: to move aside; to get out of the way.

Verb

siam (invariable)

  1. (invariable) To move aside; to get out of the way.
    • Jenny: […] Then on the way back, Sunny crashed the car into the side of the road.
      Irene: I thought he race car driver?
      Jenny: (shrugs) He said he saw a dog.
      Irene: A dog?
      Jenny: […] Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding. So he siam [avoid] lor.2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 12, page 73
    • One of the uncles who had restrained the man then approached James, who said: "Never mind, you siam lah. Not your daiji ['business' in Hokkien]."2018 June 7, Cherlynn Ng, “Man beaten unconscious for stopping alleged groping now gets scolded vulgarities for filming guy”, in stomp.straitstimes.com, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2018
  2. (invariable) To leave hastily, to run off.
  3. (invariable) To dodge or evade (an unwanted situation or responsibility).

Interjection

  1. (Singapore, Singlish) Out of the way!; get lost!

Noun capitalized: SIAM

SIAM (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of service integration and management.

Proper noun capitalized: Siam

Siam

  1. (historical) Former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia.
    • From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe:[…]1777, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 7th edition, London: […] S. Crowder, […]; J. Sewell, […]; W. Johnston, […]; and B. Law, […], →OCLC, page 277

siam meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

siam in Hindi

सियाम

siam in Tamil

சியாம்

siam in Urdu

سیام

siam in Bengali

সিয়ামের কাছে, সিয়ামকে, সিয়ামের প্রতি
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siam in Telugu
సియామ్, సియామ్కు
siam in Malayalam
സിയാമിലേക്ക്, സയാം, സിയാമിനോടു
siam in Kannada
ಸಿಯಾಮ್ಗೆ, ಸಿಯಾಮ್
siam in Punjabi
ਸਿਆਮ, ਸਿਆਮ ਤੱਕ
siam in Gujarati
સિયામને, સિયામ
siam in Odia
ସିଆମ୍, ସିଆମ୍ଙ୍କୁ, ସିଆମକୁ
siam in Nepali
सियामलाई

Origin of siam

From Hokkien 閃 /闪 (siám, “to dodge”).

Borrowed from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”) (see there for more hypotheses), the same root as Shan and probably Assam.

Words formed from siam

Phrases with siam

Words that rhyme with siam

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Questions about siam

What does siam mean?
Siam means to move aside; to get out of the way.
What is siam in Hindi?
Siam in Hindi is सियाम. See Siam meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is siam?
Siam can be a verb, an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce siam?
Siam is pronounced /sjɑm˦˨/ (Singapore).

Words near siam in the dictionary

  1. sialyltransferases
  2. sialyltrisaccharide
  3. sialyltrisaccharides
  4. sialysaccharide
  5. sialysaccharides
  6. siam
  7. siam diu
  8. siam dius
  9. Siam squash
  10. Siam weed
  11. Siamak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: siam (page history and authors); SIAM (page history and authors); Siam (page history and authors); siam (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); siam (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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