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som tam

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Thai ส้มตํา (sôm-dtam).

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: သင်္ဘောသီးထောင်း (sangbhau:si:htaung:) — green papaya salad
  • Isan: ตําส้ม — green papaya salad
  • Japanese: ソムタム (somutamu) — green papaya salad
  • Khmer: បុកល្ហុង (bok lhong) — green papaya salad
  • Korean: 솜땀 (somttam) — green papaya salad
  • Lao: ຕໍາຫມາກຫຸ່ງ (tam māk hung) — green papaya salad
  • Lao: ຕໍາສົ້ມ (tam som) — green papaya salad
  • Thai: ส้มตํา (sôm-dtam) — green papaya salad