យំ

See also: យ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *jaam (“to weep”). Cognate with Mon ယာံ and dialectal Vietnamese dám. Munda cognates include Korku [jaːm] ("to cry, to weep").

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យំ yṃ WT romanisation yum (standard) IPA(key) /jum/

Verb

យំ • (yum) (abstract noun ការយំ)

1. to weep, shed tears; to cry
2. to sing (of birds); to chirp (of crickets)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yaṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• यं (Devanagari script)
• যং (Bengali script)
• යං (Sinhalese script)
• ယံ (Burmese script)
• ยํ or ยัง (Thai script)
• ᨿᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍໍ or ຍັງ or ຢັງ (Lao script)
• 𑄠𑄁 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

យំ

1. Khmer script form of yaṃ, which is masculine accusative singular of យ (ya, “who (m)”)
2. Khmer script form of yaṃ, which is feminine accusative singular of យា (yā, “who (f)”)
3. Khmer script form of yaṃ, which is neuter nominative/accusative singular of យ (ya, “which”)