ยมทูต

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit यमदूत (yamadūta, Yama's agent).

Pronunciation

Orthographicยมทูต
ymdūt
Phonemicยม-มะ-ทูด
ymmadūɗ
RomanizationPaiboonyom-má-tûut
Royal Instituteyom-ma-thut
(standard) IPA(key)/jom˧.ma˦˥.tʰuːt̚˥˩/

Noun

ยมทูต (yom-má-tûut)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) An underworld officer whose duty is to bring a dead person before the underworld court for trial.
  2. (theology) an officer of the hell, especially one with a similar duty.
  3. a crow (any of several birds of the genus Corvus and the family Corvidae, traditionally believed to be agents of the underworld).
  4. (figuratively) anyone or anything that deprives a living creature of its life or that brings death.
  • ยมบาล (yom-má-baan, underworld officer whose duty is to enforce judgments passed by the underworld court)
  • ยมราช (yom-má-râat, underworld overlord)
  • ยมโลก (yom-má-lôok, underworld)
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