យោមរាជ

Khmer

Etymology

From យោម (yoom, “Yama, the god of the dead”) +‎ រាជ (riəc, “king”). Compare Thai ยมราช (yom-má-râat).

Pronunciation
Orthographic យោមរាជ
yomrāj
Phonemic យោ-មៈ-រាច
yo-m`-rāc
WT romanisation yoomĕəʾriəc
(standard) IPA(key) /joː.mĕəʔ.riəc/

Noun

យោមរាជ • (yoomĕəʾriəc)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) underworld overlord
  2. title given to the Ministry of Justice (used in ancient times)
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