यमुना
Hindi
Alternative forms
- जमुना (jamunā)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs in parallel with the Ganges.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jə.mʊ.nɑː/, [jə.mʊ.n̪äː]
Proper noun
यमुना • (yamunā) f
- Yamuna, Jumna (a river in the state of Uttarakhand, the state of Himachal Pradesh, the state of Uttar Pradesh and the state of Haryana and union territory of Delhi, India)
Declension
Declension of यमुना (sg-only fem ā-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | यमुना yamunā |
| oblique | यमुना yamunā |
| vocative | यमुना yamunā |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यमुना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 846, 847.
- Arthur Berriedale Keith; Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912), “yamunā”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 2, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], OCLC 1158200363, page 186