The story
- Thai · derived fromส้มตำ
- English todaysom tam
From Thai ส้มตำ (sôm-dtam).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: green papaya salad, a Thai dish of sliced sour fruits and vegetables, as green papayas, tomatoes, etc., and other ingredients, as lime, palm sugar, chilis, garlic, dried shrimps, fried peanuts, etc., which are pounded together in a mortar. Full definition →
From Thai ส้มตำ (sôm-dtam).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.