มัจจุราช

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali maccurāja, from maccu (“death”) + rāja (“king”), literally "king of death", equivalent to มัจจุ +‎ ราช (râat).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		มัจจุราช m ạ t͡ɕ t͡ɕ u r ā d͡ʑ
Phonemic		มัด-จุ-ราด m ạ ɗ – t͡ɕ u – r ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	mát-jù-râat
	Royal Institute	mat-chu-rat
(standard) IPA(key)		/mat̚˦˥.t͡ɕu˨˩.raːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

มัจจุราช • (mát-jù-râat)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) Yama, the god of death who serves as the overlord of the hells and the judge of the dead.
2. (theology) any god of death.
3. (figurative) anyone or anything that causes death, destruction, or ruin; death, destruction, or ruin itself.

Synonyms

• (Yama; any god of death) See ยม (yom).