យោមរាជ

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From យោម (yoom, “Yama, the god of the dead”) +‎ រាជ (riəc, “king”). Compare Thai ยมราช (yom-má-râat).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic	យោមរាជ yomrāj
Phonemic	យោ-មៈ-រាច yo-m`-rāc
WT romanisation	yoomĕəʼriəc
(standard) IPA^(key)	/joː.mĕəʔ.riəc/

Noun edit

យោមរាជ • (yoomĕəʼriəc)

(Buddhism, Hinduism) underworld overlord
title given to the Ministry of Justice (used in ancient times)

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