ยม

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยม y m
Phonemic		ยม y m	[bound form] ยม-มะ- y m – m a –
Romanization	Paiboon	yom	yom-má-
	Royal Institute	yom	yom-ma-
(standard) IPA(key)		/jom˧/(R)	/jom˧.ma˦˥./

Etymology 1

From Pali yama (“Yama”) or Sanskrit यम (yama, “Yama”). Cognate with Old Khmer យម (yama), យំ (yaṃ); Modern Khmer យម (yum); Burmese ယာမာ (yama); Chinese 閻摩／阎摩 (Yánmó); Japanese 閻魔; Korean 염마 (yeomma).

Noun

ยม • (yom)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) (พญา~, พระยา~, พระ~) Yama, the god of the dead, the overlord of the underworld, and the chief justice of the hell.
2. (religion, by extension) (พญา~, พระยา~, พระ~) any similar figure.
3. (astronomy) (พระ~) Pluto.

Synonyms

• (Yama): มัจจุราช (mát-jù-râat), มฤตยูราช, ยมราช (yom-má-râat)

Derived terms

• ยมขันธ์
• ยมทัณฑ์
• ยมทูต (yom-má-tûut)
• ยมบาล
• ยมราช (yom-má-râat)
• ยมโลก (yom-má-lôok)

 

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

ยม • (yom)

1. (botany) mahogany: any of the various plants of the family Meliaceae.
2. (botany, archaic) starberry: the plant Phyllanthus acidus of the family Phyllanthaceae.

Derived terms

• มะยม (má-yom)
• หมากยม

 

Etymology 3

Compare Khmer យំ (yum, “to cry; to weep”).

Verb

ยม • (yom)

1. (archaic) to cry; to weep.