យន្ត

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See also: យ័ន្ត

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali yanta, from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, machine, amulet).

Pronunciation

Orthographic យន្ត
yn̥t
Phonemic យន់ / យន់-តៈ-
yn´ / yn´-t`-
WT romanisation yŭən, yŭəntaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /jŭən/ ~ /jŭən.taʔ./

Noun

យន្ត (yŭən)

  1. device, mechanism, machine, engine
  2. a magical drawing (on paper, cloth, or tattooed on the skin), amulet

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Pali

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Adjective

យន្ត

  1. Khmer script form of yanta, which is present active participle of យាតិ (yāti, to go)

Declension