यमपुर

Hindi

Etymology

From यम (yam, “Yama”) +‎ -पुर (-pur, “city”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /jəm.pʊɾ/, [jɐ̃m.pʊɾ]

Proper noun

यमपुर • (yampur) m

1. (Hinduism) Yamaloka, the underworld and abode of Lord Yama, the god of death

   Synonyms: यमलोक (yamlok), यमपुरी (yampurī), नरक (narak)

   मृत्यु के पश्चात जीवात्मा को यमपुर की यात्रा करनी पड़ती है।

   mŕtyu ke paścāt jīvātmā ko yampur kī yātrā karnī paṛtī hai.

   After death, the soul has to journey to Yamapura.

Declension

Declension of यमपुर (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	यमपुर yampur
oblique	यमपुर yampur
vocative	यमपुर yampur

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “यमपुर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4061
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “यम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “यम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press