Yamuna

Yamuna

English

Etymology

A transliteration of Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), which is from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs in parallel with the Ganges.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /jə.mʊ.ˈnaː/

Proper noun

Yamuna

1. The largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.

Alternative forms

• Jumna
• Gemini, Gemna (both obsolete)

Translations

tributary of the Ganges

Arabic: جمنة‎ Bengali: যমুনা (jômuna) Burmese: ယမုန်နာ (my) (ya.munna) Chinese: Mandarin: 朱木納, 閻牟那, 亞穆納 Hindi: यमुना (hi) f (yamunā), जमना (hi) f (jamnā) Latin: Iomanēs Marathi: यमुना f (yamunā) Nepali: यमुना (yamunā), जमुना (jamunā) Persian: جَمُنا‎ Russian: Джа́мна (Džámna), Яму́на (Jamúna), Джу́мна (Džúmna) Sanskrit: see Thesaurus:यमुना Santali: ᱡᱚᱢᱩᱱᱟ (jômuna), ᱡᱚᱢᱩᱱᱮᱛᱨᱤ (jômunetri) Urdu: یمنا‎ f (yamunā), جَمْنا‎ f (jamnā)

References

1. Monier Williams (1899), “Yamuna”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 846, 847.
2. Arthur Berriedale Keith; Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) Vedic index of names and subjects, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], OCLC 1158200363, page 186