យោមរាជ

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Khmer

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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យោមរាជ (yoomĕəʼriəc)

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