Yama

See also: yama, yamá, yamā, and yàmá

English

Yama

Etymology

From Sanskrit यम (yáma). Doublet of Enma.

Proper noun

Yama

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo.

Translations

the Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo

• Assamese: যম (zom)
• Bengali: যম (jom), যমরাজ (bn) (jomraj)
• Bulgarian: Я́ма m (Jáma)
• Burmese: ယာမာ (my) (yama)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 閻魔／阎魔 (jim⁴ mo¹)

  Eastern Min: 閻摩／阎摩 (Ngièng-mò̤)

  Mandarin: 閻摩／阎摩 (Yánmó)

• Hindi: यम (hi) m (yam), यमराज (hi) m (yamrāj)
• Japanese: 閻魔 (ja) (えんま, Enma)
• Khmer: យម (yum)
• Korean: 염마 (ko) (Yeomma)
• Malayalam: യമൻ (ml) (yamaṉ)
• Marathi: यम m (yam)
• Odia: ଯମ (or) (jômô)
• Punjabi: ਯਮ (yam)
• Russian: Я́ма (ru) m (Jáma)
• Sanskrit: यम (sa) m (yama)
• Sindhi: يمراج
• Tamil: யமன் (ta) (yamaṉ)
• Telugu: యముడు (te) (yamuḍu)
• Thai: ยม (yom)
• Urdu: یم m (yam)
• Western Panjabi: یمراج

Anagrams

• Amya, Ayam, Maya, amay, maya