Khmer Dictionary: ធំ

1. ធំ ( adj ) [tʰom]
   to be large; important, grand, imposing; good (of a hand of cards); arrogant
   
2. ធំ ( n ) [tʰom]
   term of reference or address for one's father's or mother's elder sibling and their spouses
   
1. កំពង់ធំ [kɑmpʊəŋ tʰom] : Kompong Thom (province in north central Cambodia)
   
2. ក្របេផ្លែធំ [krɑbav plae tʰom] See: ក្របេ (1)
3. កុងស៊ុលធំ [koŋ sul tʰom] : consul general
   
4. ខ្លាធំ [klaa tʰom] : royal tiger, Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris)
   
5. គ្រូពេទ្យធំ [kruu pɛɛt tʰom] : medical doctor
   
6. ឃ្នាងធំ [knieŋ tʰom] : kind of large, heavy cangue
   
7. ឃ្មុំធំ [kmum tʰom] : kind of large bee
   
8. ចង់ធំ [cɑŋ tʰom] : to want too much, be greedy
   
9. ចិត្តធំ [cət tʰom] : insolence, impertinence; to be bold, brazen, daring; ambitious; strong-willed; impertinent, insolent; to go over someone's head, do something without permission
   
10. ច័នធំ [can tʰom] : ច័ន
    
11. ជាធំ [cie tʰom] : to be the leader, boss
    
12. ដកដង្ហើមធំ [dɑɑk dɑŋhaəm tʰom] : to heave sighs, breathe heavily
    
13. ដៃធំ [day tʰom] : to do to excess, do too much
    
14. ត្រៀលធំ [triəl tʰom] : kind of bush (Melodorum Schefferi)
    
15. ថ្លើមធំ [tlaəm tʰom] : to be obstinate, arrogant, disrespectful, fresh, insolent
    
16. ទិសធំ [tɨh tʰom] : the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, west)
    
17. ទន្លេធំ [tʊənlee tʰom] : another name for the Mekong River (esp. the portion between Phnom Penh and Kompong Cham)
    
18. ទឹកធំ [tɨk tʰom] : flood
    
19. ទូកធំក្ដោងធំ [tuuk tʰom kdaoŋ tʰom] : to earn a lot of money and spend a lot (lit. `a large boat has big sails')
    
20. ទ្វារធំ [tvie tʰom] : main entrance.
    
21. ទ្វារធំ [tvie tʰom] : anus
    
22. ធមនីធំ [tʰeaʔmeaʔnii tʰom] : vena cava
    
23. ធំប្រុស [tʰom proh] : father's or mother's elder brother
    See: អ៊ំប្រុស, ឳពុកធំ
24. ធំមុខ [tʰom muk] : to be popular
    
25. ធំសែនធំ [tʰom saen tʰom] : to be very big
    
26. ធំសំព្រោ [tʰom sɑmproo] : to be large and swollen
    
27. ធំស្រី [tʰom srǝy] : father's or mother's elder sister
    See: អ៊ំស្រី, ម្ដាយធំ
28. ធំឡើង [tʰom laəŋ] : to grow; grow up, approach adulthood
    
29. ធំអស្ចារ្យ [tʰom ʔɑhcaa] : to be majestic, grand, grandiose
    
30. ធំអ៊ូង [tʰom ʔuuŋ] See: អ៊ូងព្រនូង
31. ធើធំ [tʰəə tʰom] : to be important, be a big shot
    
32. ធ្វើធំ [tvəə tʰom] : to be important, have high status; to have a high position
    
33. នាវាសណ្ដោងនាវាធំ [nievie sɑndaoŋ nievie tʰom] : tugboat
    
34. ធារធំ [tʰie tʰom] : to be huge, immense
    
35. ធំចង្គ្រុង [tʰom cɑŋkruŋ] : to be big and tall
    
36. ធំដឹងក្តី [tʰom dəŋ kdəy] : to be old enough to know (about)
    
37. ធំដូចឃ្លោក [tʰom dooc klook] : foolish, stupid, big but worthless
    
38. ធំធាត់ [tʰom tʰoat] : to grow up
    
39. នគរធំ [nɔkɔɔ tʰom] : Angkor Thom (famous ruin in Siem Reap province)
    
40. បេះដូងធំ [beh dooŋ tʰom] : enlarged heart
    
41. ប្រទាលបន្សាបធំ [prɑtiel bɑnsaap tʰom] : kind of medicinal plant used to treat poisoning
    
42. ប្រសាទស្យាទីកធំ [prɑsaat syaa tii kɑɑ tʰom] : sciatic nerve
    
43. ផ្ទះធំទ្រនំខ្ពស់ [pteah tʰom trɔnum kpʊəh] : to have a big house and money to spend
    
44. ផ្ទះធំស្រឡះ [pteah tʰom srɑlah] : huge / spacious / roomy house
    
45. ពុកធំ [puk tʰom] : barbs; long whiskers; antennae
    
46. ផ្ទាំងសំពត់សធំវែង [pteaŋ sɑmpʊət sɑɑ tʰom vɛɛŋ] : large piece of white cloth; movie screen
    
47. ព្រៃធំ [prey tʰom] : jungle, deep forest, large (extensive) forest
    
48. ពោធិ៍ធំ [poo tʰom] : kind of Bo tree with large leaves
    
49. មានលក្ខណៈធំតែមួយ [mien leakkʰaʔnaʔ tʰom tae muə yɔɔ] : to amount to the same thing
    
50. មាត់ធំ [moat tʰom] : loud voice; to be harsh (of tone of voice)
    
51. មាសធំ [mieh tʰom] : darling, dearest one
    
52. មួយភាគធំ [muə yɔɔ pʰiek tʰom] : to a considerable extent
    
53. មេធំ [mee tʰom] : big boss, leader
    
54. ម្ដាយធំ [mdaay tʰom] : aunt (older sister of a parent)
    
55. ម៉ាចំភ្លូសធំ [maa cɑmpluuh tʰom] : a large pile of something
    
56. យកធ្វើជាធំ [yɔɔ kɑɑ tvəə cie tʰom] : to make an issue of
    
57. លោកគ្រូធំ [look~lookaʔ kruu tʰom] : superior of a wat, abbot
    
58. រំលៀកស្រូវពីទូកធំដាក់ទូកតូច [rumliək srǝv pii tuuk tʰom dak tuuk tooc~tuuc] : to distribute rice from a large boat to smaller ones, to lighten
    
59. លេងធំ [leeŋ tʰom] : to go too far, over do something
    
60. លោកធំ [look~lookaʔ tʰom] : chief, important person, dignitary, `big shot' (often more sarcastic than អ្នកធំ )
    
61. ល្អូតធំ [lʔoot tʰom] See: ល្អូតគូក
62. ល្បះធំ [lbah tʰom] : period following a long phrase
    
63. សំពោងសក់ធំ [sɑmpooŋ sɑk tʰom] : female spirits with long flowing hair
    
64. ស្គរធំ [skɔɔ tʰom] : large double-headed wooden barrel drum
    
65. ស្គាធំ [skie tʰom] : kind of tall grass which grows in low-lying areas
    
66. ស៊ីធំ [sii tʰom] : to spend a lot of money; to eat well / luxuriously
    
67. ស្រីពោះធំ [srǝy pʊəh tʰom] : pregnant woman
    
68. ស្លែងធំ [slaeŋ tʰom] : kind of strychnine
    
69. អង្គរធំ [ʔɑŋkɔɔ tʰom] : Angkor Thom (city constructed by the Cambodian King Jayavarman VII in Siem Reap Prov. in the late 12th and early 13th century A.D.)
    
70. អាក្រពះធំ [ʔaa krɑpeah tʰom] : mild insult to someone who eats a lot or talks loudly
    
71. អាវធំ [ʔaav tʰom] : coat; suit
    
72. អុតធំ [ʔot tʰom] : smallpox
    
73. អ្នកធំ [neak tʰom] : high ranking official; VIP, dignitary; powerful / important person, `big shot' (this form has a favorable connotation as opposed to ធំដុំ which has an unfavorable one)
    
74. អារក្ខធំ [ʔaarak~ʔaareak tʰom] : king of the demons
    
75. ឪពុកធំ [ʔəv puk tʰom] : uncle (elder brother of a parent)
    See: ធំ, អ៊ំ
76. ឳឡធំ [ʔəv lɑɑ tʰom] : kind of large night bird