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

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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