Khmer edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

និយម (niyum)

  1. principle, theory, doctrine, -ism
    សង្គមនិយម  ―  sɑngkum niyum  ―  socialism
  2. certainty; nature; what is usual or ordinary

Verb edit

និយម (niyum) (abstract noun ការនិយម)

  1. to adhere to; to follow; to adopt