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˧/	/jom˧.ma˦˥./

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ยม • (yom)

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

ยม • (yom)

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

Derived terms

มะยม (má-yom)
หมากยม

Etymology 3

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

Verb

ยม • (yom) (abstract noun การยม)

(archaic) to cry; to weep.