យាម

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit याम (yāma, “time”). Cognate with Thai ยาม (yaam).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យាម
yām
WT romanisation yiəm
(standard) IPA(key) /jiəm/

Noun

យាម • (yiəm)

  1. guard, watchman
  2. shift, watch (period of 4 hours dividing the 12 hours of the night in three watches)
  3. auspices, signs of the future, prediction

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • yāma (Latin script)
  • 𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • याम (Devanagari script)
  • যাম (Bengali script)
  • යාම (Sinhalese script)
  • ယာမ or ယႃမ (Burmese script)
  • ยาม or ยามะ (Thai script)
  • ᨿᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຍາມ or ຍາມະ or ຢາມະ (Lao script)
  • 𑄠𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

យាម

  1. Khmer script form of yāma, which is first-person plural present/imperative active of យាតិ (yāti, “to go”)
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