យក្ខិនី

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali yakkhinī, ultimately from Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic យក្ខិនី
yk̥kʰinī
Phonemic យ័ក-ខិ-ន៉ី
y˘k-kʰi-n″ī
WT romanisation yĕəkkhenəy
(standard) IPA(key) /jĕəʔ.kʰe.nəj/

Noun

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យក្ខិនី (yĕəkkhenəy)

  1. ogress, female giant, wife of a giant