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Thai
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali maccurāja, from maccu (“death”) + rāja (“king”), literally "king of death", equivalent to มัจจุ + ราช (râat).
Pronunciation
Noun
มัจจุราช • (mát-jù-râat)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) Yama, the god of death who serves as the overlord of the hells and the judge of the dead.
- (theology) any god of death.
- (figurative) anyone or anything that causes death, destruction, or ruin; death, destruction, or ruin itself.
Synonyms
- (Yama; any god of death) See ยม (yom).