ยม

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicยม
y m
Phonemic
ยม
y m

ยม-มะ-
y m – m a –
RomanizationPaiboonyomyom-má-
Royal Instituteyomyom-ma-
(standard) IPA(key)/jom˧/(R)/jom˧.ma˦˥./

Etymology 1

From Pali yama (Yama) or Sanskrit यम (yama, Yama). Cognate with Old Khmer យម (yama), យំ (yaṃ); Modern Khmer យម (yum); Burmese ယာမာ (yama); Chinese 閻摩阎摩 (Yánmó); Japanese 閻魔; Korean 염마 (yeomma).

Noun

ยม (yom)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) (พญา~, พระยา~, พระ~) Yama, the god of the dead, the overlord of the underworld, and the chief justice of the hell.
  2. (religion, by extension) (พญา~, พระยา~, พระ~) any similar figure.
  3. (astronomy) (พระ~) Pluto.
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Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

ยม (yom)

  1. (botany) mahogany: any of the various plants of the family Meliaceae.
  2. (botany, archaic) starberry: the plant Phyllanthus acidus of the family Phyllanthaceae.
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Etymology 3

Compare Khmer យំ (yum, to cry; to weep).

Verb

ยม (yom)

  1. (archaic) to cry; to weep.