វិរាម

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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.