ยมราช

Thai

Etymology

From ยม (yom, “Yama, the god of the dead”) +‎ ราช (râat, “chief, lord, master; etc”). Compare Khmer យោមរាជ (yoomĕəʼriəc).

Pronunciation
Orthographicยมราช
y m r ā d͡ʑ
Phonemic
ยม-มะ-ราด
y m – m a – r ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonyom-má-râat
Royal Instituteyom-ma-rat
(standard) IPA(key)/jom˧.ma˦˥.raːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

ยมราช • (yom-má-râat)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) underworld overlord
  2. title given to the Ministry of Justice (used in ancient times)
  • ยมทูต (yom-má-tûut, “underworld officer whose duty is to bring a dead person before the underworld court for trial”)
  • ยมบาล (yom-má-baan, “underworld officer whose duty is to enforce judgments passed by the underworld court”)
  • ยมโลก (yom-má-lôok, “underworld”)
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