यम्
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- যম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ယမ် (Burmese script)
- યમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
- យម៑ (Khmer script)
- ຍມ຺ (Lao script)
- യമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- යම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- யம் (Tamil script)
- యమ్ (Telugu script)
- ยมฺ (Thai script)
- ཡ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yam-, from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Root
[edit]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
[edit]- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “यम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 845/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 130
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 399-400
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 610
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
Categories:
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yem-
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit roots