यम
See also: यमी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit यम (yáma)
Pronunciation
(Delhi) IPA(key): /jəm/, [jɐ̃m]
Proper noun
यम • (yam) m
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- যম (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬫ (Balinese script)
- যম (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- ယမ (Burmese script)
- યમ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಮ (Kannada script)
- យម (Khmer script)
- ຍມ (Lao script)
- യമ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐩 (Newa script)
- ଯମ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖦 (Siddham script)
- යම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚢 (Takri script)
- யம (Tamil script)
- యమ (Telugu script)
- ยม (Thai script)
- ཡ་མ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yámHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas, from Proto-Indo-European *yémHos (“connected, paired”), from *h₂eym- (“to imitate”). Cognate with Latin imāgō.
Pronunciation
Noun
यम • (yáma) stem, m or f
- a twin, one of a pair or couple
- a pair or a couple
- (grammar) a twin-letter
- (symbolic) the number 'two'
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of यम (yáma) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यमः yámaḥ |
यमौ / यमा¹ yámau / yámā¹ |
यमाः / यमासः¹ yámāḥ / yámāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | यम yáma |
यमौ / यमा¹ yámau / yámā¹ |
यमाः / यमासः¹ yámāḥ / yámāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | यमम् yámam |
यमौ / यमा¹ yámau / yámā¹ |
यमान् yámān |
Instrumental | यमेन yámena |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमैः / यमेभिः¹ yámaiḥ / yámebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | यमाय yámāya |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमेभ्यः yámebhyaḥ |
Ablative | यमात् yámāt |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमेभ्यः yámebhyaḥ |
Genitive | यमस्य yámasya |
यमयोः yámayoḥ |
यमानाम् yámānām |
Locative | यमे yáme |
यमयोः yámayoḥ |
यमेषु yámeṣu |
Notes |
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Feminine ā-stem declension of यमा (yámā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यमा yámā |
यमे yáme |
यमाः yámāḥ |
Vocative | यमे yáme |
यमे yáme |
यमाः yámāḥ |
Accusative | यमाम् yámām |
यमे yáme |
यमाः yámāḥ |
Instrumental | यमया / यमा¹ yámayā / yámā¹ |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमाभिः yámābhiḥ |
Dative | यमायै yámāyai |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमाभ्यः yámābhyaḥ |
Ablative | यमायाः / यमायै² yámāyāḥ / yámāyai² |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमाभ्यः yámābhyaḥ |
Genitive | यमायाः / यमायै² yámāyāḥ / yámāyai² |
यमयोः yámayoḥ |
यमानाम् yámānām |
Locative | यमायाम् yámāyām |
यमयोः yámayoḥ |
यमासु yámāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "inc-dar-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Khowar: جمژ (ǰamiž)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "elu-prk" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Sinhalese: යමා (yamā)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "inc-mgd" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: जेंवां (jēnvā̃)
- Bihari:
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pmh" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Marathi: जवा (javā)
- Pali: yama
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Yámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Yámas.
Proper noun
यम • (yáma) stem, m
- Yama, the god of death, afterlife and justice, the twin brother of Yamuna and believed to have been the first mortal to die.
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of यम (yáma) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यमः yámaḥ |
यमौ / यमा¹ yámau / yámā¹ |
यमाः / यमासः¹ yámāḥ / yámāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | यम yáma |
यमौ / यमा¹ yámau / yámā¹ |
यमाः / यमासः¹ yámāḥ / yámāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | यमम् yámam |
यमौ / यमा¹ yámau / yámā¹ |
यमान् yámān |
Instrumental | यमेन yámena |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमैः / यमेभिः¹ yámaiḥ / yámebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | यमाय yámāya |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमेभ्यः yámebhyaḥ |
Ablative | यमात् yámāt |
यमाभ्याम् yámābhyām |
यमेभ्यः yámebhyaḥ |
Genitive | यमस्य yámasya |
यमयोः yámayoḥ |
यमानाम् yámānām |
Locative | यमे yáme |
यमयोः yámayoḥ |
यमेषु yámeṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
Adjective
यम • (yáma) stem
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of यम | |||
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Nom. sg. | यमः (yamaḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | यमस्य (yamasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यमः (yamaḥ) | यमौ (yamau) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
Vocative | यम (yama) | यमौ (yamau) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
Accusative | यमम् (yamam) | यमौ (yamau) | यमान् (yamān) |
Instrumental | यमेन (yamena) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमैः (yamaiḥ) |
Dative | यमाय (yamāya) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | यमात् (yamāt) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | यमस्य (yamasya) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमानाम् (yamānām) |
Locative | यमे (yame) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमेषु (yameṣu) |
Feminine ā-stem declension of यम | |||
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Nom. sg. | यमा (yamā) | ||
Gen. sg. | यमायाः (yamāyāḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यमा (yamā) | यमे (yame) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
Vocative | यमे (yame) | यमे (yame) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
Accusative | यमाम् (yamām) | यमे (yame) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
Instrumental | यमया (yamayā) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमाभिः (yamābhiḥ) |
Dative | यमायै (yamāyai) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमाभ्यः (yamābhyaḥ) |
Ablative | यमायाः (yamāyāḥ) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमाभ्यः (yamābhyaḥ) |
Genitive | यमायाः (yamāyāḥ) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमानाम् (yamānām) |
Locative | यमायाम् (yamāyām) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमासु (yamāsu) |
Neuter a-stem declension of यम | |||
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Nom. sg. | यमम् (yamam) | ||
Gen. sg. | यमस्य (yamasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यमम् (yamam) | यमे (yame) | यमानि (yamāni) |
Vocative | यम (yama) | यमे (yame) | यमानि (yamāni) |
Accusative | यमम् (yamam) | यमे (yame) | यमानि (yamāni) |
Instrumental | यमेन (yamena) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमैः (yamaiḥ) |
Dative | यमाय (yamāya) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | यमात् (yamāt) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | यमस्य (yamasya) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमानाम् (yamānām) |
Locative | यमे (yame) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमेषु (yameṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “यम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 846.
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