यमुना

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Hindi

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs parallel with the Ganges.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /jə.mʊ.nɑː/,

Proper noun

यमुना • (yamunā) f (Urdu spelling یمنا)

  1. Yamuna, Jumna (a river in the states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and union territory of Delhi, India)

Declension

Declension of यमुना (sg-only fem ā-stem)
singular
direct यमुना
yamunā
oblique यमुना
yamunā
vocative यमुना
yamunā

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “यमुना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 846, 847.
  2. ^ Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “yamunā”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 2, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. , →OCLC, page 186

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From यम (yáma, “twin”)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

यमुना • (yamunā) stem, f

  1. (geography) the river Yamuna
  2. (Hinduism) the Yamuna river personified as the goddess
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.5:
      इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।
      अ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒यार्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या॥
      imáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.
      asiknyā́ marudvṛdhe vitástayā́rjīkīye śṛṇuhyā́ suṣómayā.
      Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Asiknī, Marudvṛdha and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of यमुना (yamunā)
Singular
Nominative यमुना
yamunā
Vocative यमुने
yamune
Accusative यमुनाम्
yamunām
Instrumental यमुनया / यमुना¹
yamunayā / yamunā¹
Dative यमुनायै
yamunāyai
Ablative यमुनायाः / यमुनायै²
yamunāyāḥ / yamunāyai²
Genitive यमुनायाः / यमुनायै²
yamunāyāḥ / yamunāyai²
Locative यमुनायाम्
yamunāyām
Notes
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