Ahom

noun

ˈä-ˌhōm

plural Ahom or Ahoms

1

a

: a people of the Tai race who settled in Assam

b

: a member of such people

2

: the now extinct Thai language of the Ahom people

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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