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Modern (Beijing) reading: yán
Preclassic Old Chinese: lam (~ -em)
Classic Old Chinese: lam
Western Han Chinese: lam
Eastern Han Chinese: źam
Early Postclassic Chinese: źem
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jem
Late Postclassic Chinese: jem
Middle Chinese: jem
English meaning : salt
Russian meaning[s]: 1) соль; рассол; соленый; 2) 14-е число (в телеграммах); [yàn] 1) солить, засаливать; 2) завидовать
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 197
Four-angle index: 676
Karlgren code: 0609 n
Vietnamese reading: diêm
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jam (r-)
Meaning: salt
Chinese: *lam salt; 鹹 *grǝ̄m salt, salty.
Tibetan: rgjam-chwa a k. of salt, like crystal, lgyjam-chwa a k. of rock-salt.
Burmese: jamh gunpowder, saltpetre.
Kachin: jam1 a k. of salt.
Lepcha: vóm salt
Kiranti: *rùm
Comments: Ben. 57; Mat. 184. Cf. also scattered Austric forms: Thai ra:m 'good taste', Khmer kra:m 'saltpeter', Viet. rùm 'rock salt'.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *rùm ( ~ -àm)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: salt
Kaling: ram
Limbu: jum
Dumi: rɨm
Kulung: rum
Yamphu: jum
Comments: Toba 95 *rum.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: yum
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt
Comments: cf. nɛpmaʔ, yukmaʔ (2).
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: rɨm
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt
Nepali: nūn.
Comments: cf. Limbu yum, western Tib. yum 'sprinkle (salt)'
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: rum
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt
Nepali: nūn..
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: yum
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: salt.
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 2574
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 咸開三平鹽以
ZIHUI: 7770 1897
Beijing: ian 12
Jinan: iã 12
Xi'an: iã 12
Taiyuan: iɛ 1
Hankou: ian 12
Chengdu: ian 12
Yangzhou: î̃ 12
Suzhou: î 12
Wenzhou: ɦi 12
Changsha: iẽ 12
Shuangfeng: î̃ 12
Nanchang: iɛn 31
Meixian: jam 12
Guangzhou: jim 12
Xiamen: iam 12
Chaozhou: iǝm 12
Fuzhou: sieŋ 12
Shanghai: iî 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: iem 12
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