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यम्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yam-, from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (to hold).

Pronunciation

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Root

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यम् (yam)

  1. to sustain, hold, hold up, support
  2. to raise, wield (a weapon)
  3. to raise, extend or hold (as a screen)
  4. to extend one's self
  5. to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show
  6. to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control
  7. to give anything in exchange for anything
  8. to give up one’s self to, be faithful to, obey
  9. to utter (a sound)
  10. to fix, establish

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References

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  • 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