याम

याम

1. Devanagari script form of yāma, which is first-person plural present/imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)

From the root या (yā, “to go”)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑ́ː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.mɐ/

याम • (yā́ma) stem, m

1. motion, course, going, progress
2. a road, way, path
3. a carriage, chariot

From the root यम् (yam). Monier-Williams classifies the sense 'night-watch' under 'Etymology 1', but Turner disagrees.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑ́ː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.mɐ/

याम • (yā́ma) stem, m

1. cessation, end
2. restraint, forbearance
3. night-watch, period or watch of 3 hours, the 8th part of a day

• यामक (yāmaka)

• Pali: yāma
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀫 (jāma)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ދަން (dan̊)
      • Sinhalese: යම (yama)
• → Malay: jam
  • Baba Malay: jam
  • Indonesian: jam
  • → Iban: jam
  • → Javanese: ꦗꦩ꧀ (jam)
  • → Pattani Malay: جٍي / แยฺ (jɛ)
• → Tamil: யாமம் (yāmam)

Vṛddhi derivative of यम (yamá).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː.mɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.mɐ/

याम • (yāmá) stem

1. relating to or derived from or destined for Yama

• Monier Williams (1899) “याम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 850/1, 851/3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yama”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 605