យោមរាជ

Khmer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

យោមរាជ • (yoomĕəʼriəc)

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