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
- The largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.
Alternative forms
- Jumna
- Gemini, Gemna (both obsolete)
Translations
tributary of the Ganges
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “Yamuna”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 846, 847.
- 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