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yaamnoun

time

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

timelexitron

2n.

hour; period; juncturelexitron

3n.

any of the eight parts of the day (period of twenty-four hours), consisting of three hours eachwiktionary

4n.

any of the three parts of the night, consisting of four hours each, called pathommayam (ปฐมยาม), matchimayam (มัชฌิมยาม, and patchimayam (ปัจฉิมยาม), respectivelywiktionary

5n.

any of the eight parts of the day (period between sunrise and sunset), consisting of one and a half hours each, called suriya (สุริยะ), sukkra (ศุกระ), phuttha (พุธะ), chanthao (จันเทา), saori (เสารี), khru (ครู), phumma (ภุมมะ), and suriya (สุริยะ), respectivelywiktionary

6n.

any of the eight parts of the night, consisting of one and a half hours each, called rawi (รวี), chiwo (ชีโว), sasi (ศศิ), sukkro (ศุโกร), phummo (ภุมโม), soro (โสโร), phuttho (พุโธ), and rawi (รวิ), respectivelywiktionary

7n.

moment; timewiktionary

8n.

guard; security; sentry; watchmanwiktionary

Built from

From Sanskrit याम (yāma, “time”). Cognate with Lao ຍາມ (nyām), Lü ᦍᦱᧄ (yaam), Northern Thai ᨿᩣ᩠ᨾ, Tai Dam ꪑꪱꪣ.