យក្ខ

Khmer

Alternative forms

• យក្ស (yĕək)

Etymology

From Pali yakkha, from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic យក្ខ yk̥kʰ Phonemic យ័ក y˘k WT romanisation yĕək (standard) IPA(key) /jĕəʔ/

Noun

យក្ខ • (yĕək)

1. (mythology) giant; ogre; monster; yakṣa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yakkha (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• यक्ख (Devanagari script)
• যক্খ (Bengali script)
• යක‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
• ယက္ခ or ယၵ္ၶ or ယၵ်ၶ (Burmese script)
• ยกฺข or ยักขะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᨠ᩠ᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍກ຺ຂ or ຍັກຂະ or ຢັກຂະ (Lao script)
• 𑄠𑄇𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)

Noun

យក្ខ m

1. Khmer script form of yakkha (“demon”)

Declension

Declension table of "យក្ខ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	យក្ខោ (yakkho)	យក្ខា (yakkhā)
Accusative (second)	យក្ខំ (yakkhaṃ)	យក្ខេ (yakkhe)
Instrumental (third)	យក្ខេន (yakkhena)	យក្ខេហិ (yakkhehi) or យក្ខេភិ (yakkhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	យក្ខស្ស (yakkhassa) or យក្ខាយ (yakkhāya) or យក្ខត្ថំ (yakkhatthaṃ)	យក្ខានំ (yakkhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	យក្ខស្មា (yakkhasmā) or យក្ខម្ហា (yakkhamhā) or យក្ខា (yakkhā)	យក្ខេហិ (yakkhehi) or យក្ខេភិ (yakkhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	យក្ខស្ស (yakkhassa)	យក្ខានំ (yakkhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	យក្ខស្មិំ (yakkhasmiṃ) or យក្ខម្ហិ (yakkhamhi) or យក្ខេ (yakkhe)	យក្ខេសុ (yakkhesu)
Vocative (calling)	យក្ខ (yakkha)	យក្ខា (yakkhā)