ஞமன்

ஞமன்

Tamil

Etymology

From Middle Tamil ஞமன் (ñamaṉ), from Sanskrit यम (yama). Cognate with Malayalam ഞെമൻ (ñemaṉ). Doublet of நமன் (namaṉ), யமன் (yamaṉ), and எமன் (emaṉ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲaman/, [ɲɐmɐn]

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Proper noun

ஞமன் • (ñamaṉ) (literary)

1. Yama, the god of Justice

   Synonym: எமதர்மன் (ematarmaṉ)

Declension

ṉ-stem declension of ஞமன் (ñamaṉ) (singular only)
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ஞமன் ñamaṉ	-
Vocative	ஞமனே ñamaṉē	-
Accusative	ஞமனை ñamaṉai	-
Dative	ஞமனுக்கு ñamaṉukku	-
Genitive	ஞமனுடைய ñamaṉuṭaiya	-
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ஞமன் ñamaṉ	-
Vocative	ஞமனே ñamaṉē	-
Accusative	ஞமனை ñamaṉai	-
Dative	ஞமனுக்கு ñamaṉukku	-
Benefactive	ஞமனுக்காக ñamaṉukkāka	-
Genitive 1	ஞமனுடைய ñamaṉuṭaiya	-
Genitive 2	ஞமனின் ñamaṉiṉ	-
Locative 1	ஞமனில் ñamaṉil	-
Locative 2	ஞமனிடம் ñamaṉiṭam	-
Sociative 1	ஞமனோடு ñamaṉōṭu	-
Sociative 2	ஞமனுடன் ñamaṉuṭaṉ	-
Instrumental	ஞமனால் ñamaṉāl	-
Ablative	ஞமனிலிருந்து ñamaṉiliruntu	-

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “ஞமன்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]