यम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যম্ (Assamese script)
- যম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- યમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ꦪꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
- ယမ္ (Burmese script)
- 𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯମ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- యమ్ (Telugu script)
- ཡམ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yam- (“to hold”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐm/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /jɐm/
Root
यम् • (yam)
- to sustain, hold, hold up, support
- to raise, wield (a weapon)
- to raise, extend or hold (as a screen)
- to extend one's self
- to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show
- to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control
- to give anything in exchange for anything
- to give up one’s self to, be faithful to, obey
- to utter (a sound)
- to fix, establish
Derived terms
- आयम् (āyam)
- आयाम (āyāma)
- व्यायम् (vyāyam)
- व्यायाम (vyāyāma)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) , “यम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 845.