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

Alternative scripts

• yāma (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• याम (Devanagari script)
• যাম (Bengali script)
• යාම (Sinhalese script)
• ယာမ or ယႃမ (Burmese script)
• ยาม or ยามะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາມ or ຍາມະ or ຢາມະ (Lao script)
• 𑄠𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

យាម

1. Khmer script form of yāma, which is first-person plural present/imperative active of យាតិ (yāti, “to go”)