វិរាម

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit विराम (virāma, “cessation”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic វិរាម virām WT romanisation viriəm (standard) IPA(key) /ʋi.ˈriəm/

Noun

វិរាម • (viriəm)

1. stopping, cessation, elimination
2. virama, a diacritic (៑), now mostly obsolete. It is used in Sanskrit words to kill the inherent vowel of a consonant letter.