यम

See also: यमी

Contents

HindiEdit

Proper nounEdit

यम • (yam) m

1. (Hinduism) Yama, god of death

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SanskritEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.mɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.mɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.mɐ/

NounEdit

यम • (yáma) m, f

1. a twin, one of a pair or couple
2. a pair or a couple
3. (grammar) a twin-letter
4. (symbolic) the number 'two'

DescendantsEdit

• Dardic: *yáma
  • Khowar: جمژ‎ (ǰamiž)

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Yámas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Yámas.

Proper nounEdit

यम • (yáma) m

1. Yama, the god of death, afterlife and justice, the twin brother of Yamuna and believed to have been the first mortal to die.

AdjectiveEdit

यम • (yáma)

1. twin-born, forming a pair

DeclensionEdit

Masculine a-stem declension of यम
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
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
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)

ReferencesEdit

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 846