និយម

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit नियम (niyama, “restraining; rule; law; precept”) or Pali niyama (“restraint; limitation”). Cognate with Thai นิยม (ní-yom), Lao ນິຍົມ (ni nyom).

Pronunciation

Orthographic និយម niym Phonemic និ-យំ ni-yṃ WT romanisation niyum (standard) IPA(key) /ni.ˈjum/

Noun

និយម • (niyum)

1. principle, theory, doctrine, -ism

   សង្គមនិយម  ―  sɑngkum niyum  ―  socialism

2. certainty; nature; what is usual or ordinary

Verb

និយម • (niyum) (abstract noun ការនិយម)

1. to adhere to; to follow; to adopt