यमराज

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jəm.ɾɑːd͡ʒ/, [jɐ̃m.ɾäːd͡ʒ]

Proper noun

यमराज • (yamrāj) m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) lord Yama, god of the underworld

   Synonym: यम (yam)

Declension

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

	singular
direct	यमराज yamrāj
oblique	यमराज yamrāj
vocative	यमराज yamrāj

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• যমৰাজ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬫᬭᬵᬚ (Balinese script)
• যমরাজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰦𑰨𑰯𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ယမရာဇ (Burmese script)
• યમરાજ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਮਰਾਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦩꦫꦴꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂧𑂩𑂰𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಮರಾಜ (Kannada script)
• យមរាជ (Khmer script)
• ຍມຣາຊ (Lao script)
• യമരാജ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᠮᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧆𑧈𑧑𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐩𑐬𑐵𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଯମରାଜ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢪꢬꢵꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆩𑆫𑆳𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖦𑖨𑖯𑖕 (Siddham script)
• යමරාජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩴𑩼𑩛𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚢𑚤𑚭𑚑 (Takri script)
• யமராஜ (Tamil script)
• యమరాజ (Telugu script)
• ยมราช (Thai script)
• ཡ་མ་རཱ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒧𑒩𑒰𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨢𑨫𑨊𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of यम (yamá, “Yama”, proper noun) +‎ राज (rā́ja, “king”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ.mɐ.ɾɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.mɐˈɾɑː.d͡ʑɐ/

Proper noun

यमराज • (yamarā́ja) stem, 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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यमराज (yamarā́ja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यमराजः yamarā́jaḥ	यमराजौ / यमराजा¹ yamarā́jau / yamarā́jā¹	यमराजाः / यमराजासः¹ yamarā́jāḥ / yamarā́jāsaḥ¹
Vocative	यमराज yámarāja	यमराजौ / यमराजा¹ yámarājau / yámarājā¹	यमराजाः / यमराजासः¹ yámarājāḥ / yámarājāsaḥ¹
Accusative	यमराजम् yamarā́jam	यमराजौ / यमराजा¹ yamarā́jau / yamarā́jā¹	यमराजान् yamarā́jān
Instrumental	यमराजेन yamarā́jena	यमराजाभ्याम् yamarā́jābhyām	यमराजैः / यमराजेभिः¹ yamarā́jaiḥ / yamarā́jebhiḥ¹
Dative	यमराजाय yamarā́jāya	यमराजाभ्याम् yamarā́jābhyām	यमराजेभ्यः yamarā́jebhyaḥ
Ablative	यमराजात् yamarā́jāt	यमराजाभ्याम् yamarā́jābhyām	यमराजेभ्यः yamarā́jebhyaḥ
Genitive	यमराजस्य yamarā́jasya	यमराजयोः yamarā́jayoḥ	यमराजानाम् yamarā́jānām
Locative	यमराजे yamarā́je	यमराजयोः yamarā́jayoḥ	यमराजेषु yamarā́jeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: यमराज (yamrāj)
• Kumaoni: ज्यूरा (jyūrā)
• Marathi: ज़व्रा (j̈avrā)
• Sinhalese: යමරද (yamarada)
• → Kamkata-viri: [script needed] (Imro)
• → Waigali: Yamrai
• → Ashkun: Imra
• → Prasuni: Yumr'a