# ທັມມະ
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* damma (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* दम्म (Devanagari script)
* দম্ম (Bengali script)
* දම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
* ဒမ္မ or ၻမ္မ or ၻမ်မ (Burmese script)
* ทมฺม or ทัมมะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ທມ຺ມ (Lao script)
* ទម្ម (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* damma (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* दम्म (Devanagari script)
* দম্ম (Bengali script)
* දම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
* ဒမ္မ or ၻမ္မ or ၻမ်မ (Burmese script)
* ทมฺม or ทัมมะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ທມ຺ມ (Lao script)
* ទម្ម (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

#### Noun

ທັມມະ (damma) m
* Lao script form of dhamma (“righteousness”)
** (Can we date this quote?), Laobounkird, Anisongfree‎ (overall work in Lao), published 2015:ສ໌ວາກຂາໂຕ ພະຄະວະຕາ ທັມໂມ ສັນທິດຖິໂກ ອະກາລິໂກ ເອຫິປັດສິໂກ ໂອປະນະຍິໂກ ປັດຈັດຕັງ ເວຫິຕັບໂພ ວິນຍູຫິຕິ.svākkhāto baɡavatā dammo sanditthiko akāliko ehipassiko opanayiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhiti. With ambiguities resolved: svākkhāto bhaɡavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko opanayiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhiti.The dhamma has been expounded well by the Exalted One, it is not esoteric, it is not timebound, it is open to all, leading to nirvana, it should be known by the wise individually.
** (Can we date this quote?), Laobounkird, Anisongfree‎ (overall work in Lao), published 2015:ພາຫຸງ ສະຫັດສະມະພິນິມມິຕະສາວຸທັນຕັງຄະລີເມຂະລັງ ອຸທິຕະໂຄລະສະເສນະມາລັງທານາທິທັມມາວິທິນາ ຊິຕະວາ ມຸນິນໂທຕັນເຕຊະສາ ພະວະຕຸ ເຕ ຊະຍະມັງຄະລານິ ຯbāhuṃ sahassamabinimmitasāvudantaṅɡalīmekhalaṃ uditaɡolasasenamālaṃdānādidammāvidinā jitavā munindotantejasā bavatu te jayamaṅɡalāni With ambiguities resolved: bāhuṃ sahassamabhinimmitasāvudhantaṅɡarīmekhalaṃ uditaɡhorasasenamāraṃdānādidhammāvidhinā jitavā munindotantejasā bhavatu te jayamaṅɡalāniThe lord of the sages has subdued terrible Mara, who had created a thousand beweaponed arms, was accompanied by his army and was mounted on Girimekhala, by reason of giving and so forth. May you have the blessings of success by the power of this.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* damma (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* दम्म (Devanagari script)
* দম্ম (Bengali script)
* දම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
* ဒမ္မ or ၻမ္မ or ၻမ်မ (Burmese script)
* ทมฺม or ทัมมะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ທມ຺ມ (Lao script)
* ទម្ម (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

#### Adjective

ທັມມະ
* Lao script form of damma (“needing taming”)
** 1943, Phaya Luang Maha Sena (Phouy), Learn fast to read Tham characters in Pali Texts [ແບບຣຽນໄວ ເຫຼັ້ມສອງ ຣຽນອ່ານໝັງສືທັມ ຂຽນເປັນພາສາບາລີ]‎, 2nd edition (PDF; overall work in Lao), Buddhist Institute, archived from the original on 4 April 2016, page 45:ອິຕິປິ ໂສ ພະຄະວາ* ອະຣະຫັງ ສັມມາສັມ- ພຸທໂທ຺ ວິຊຊາຈະຣະນ຺ະສັມປັນໂນ ສຸຄະໂຕ ໂລ- ກະວິທູ ອະນຸຕຕະໂຣ ປຸຣິສະທັມມະສາຣະຖິ ສັຕຖາ ເທວ* ມະນຸສສານັງ ພຸທໂທ຺ ພ຺ະຄະວາຕິ—itipi so bhaɡavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti.Surely, he is a blessed one, an arahat, correctly and completely enlightened, endowed with knowledge and good behaviour, faring well, knowing the universe, an unequalled driver of men who need taming, teacher of gods and men, a buddha, the Blessed One. * Ought to be ພ຺ະຄະວາ & ເທວະ; transliteration and translation are as though spelt thus.