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"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "я́ккха"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "yakṣa",
"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "यक्ष"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"word": "yaksa"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "iyakkar",
"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"word": "இயக்கர்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yák",
"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"word": "ยักษ์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yák",
"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"word": "ยักข์"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"word": "yākṣe"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(Buddhism) a kind of supernatural being",
"word": "dạ-xoa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Suvarnabhumi International Airport",
"yaksha"
],
"word": "yaksha"
}
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