Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rɨ̆m(H)
Meaning: enclosure
Tibetan: khrom market-place, market-street, bazar.
Burmese: ram to surround, encircle, khram fence of any kind, enclosure, LB *kh[r]am (cf. also rumh court, rumʔ public building).
Comments: Trung nǝ3-ram1 fence; Garo bo-rem 'round'.