យំ

See also: យ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *jaam (“to weep”). Cognate with Mon ယာံ and dialectal Vietnamese dám. Munda cognates include Korku [jaːm] ("to cry, to weep").

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	យំ yṃ
WT romanisation	yum
(standard) IPA^(key)	/jum/

Verb

យំ • (yum) (abstract noun ការយំ)

to weep, shed tears; to cry
to sing (of birds); to chirp (of crickets)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

yaṃ (Latin script)
𑀬𑀁 (Brahmi script)
यं (Devanagari script)
যং (Bengali script)
යං (Sinhalese script)
ယံ (Burmese script)
ยํ or ยัง (Thai script)
ᨿᩴ (Tai Tham script)
ຍໍ or ຍັງ or ຢັງ (Lao script)
𑄠𑄁 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

យំ

Khmer script form of yaṃ, which is masculine accusative singular of យ (ya, “who (m)”)
Khmer script form of yaṃ, which is feminine accusative singular of យា (yā, “who (f)”)
Khmer script form of yaṃ, which is neuter nominative/accusative singular of យ (ya, “which”)