យក្ខិនី

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali yakkhinī, ultimately from Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī).

Pronunciation

Orthographic យក្ខិនី yk̥kʰinī Phonemic យ័ក-ខិ-ន៉ី y˘k-kʰi-n″ī WT romanisation yĕəkkhenəy (standard) IPA(key) /jĕəʔ.kʰe.nəj/

Noun

យក្ខិនី • (yĕəkkhenəy)

1. ogress, female giant, wife of a giant