यमुना

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • जमुना (jamunā)

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/, [jɐ.mʊ.näː]

Proper noun

यमुना • (yamunāf (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. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 186

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘕𑘦𑘡𑘰 (jamanā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jə.mu.na/

Proper noun

यमुना • (yamunāf

  1. Yamuna (a river in the states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and union territory of Delhi, India)
  2. (Hinduism) Yamuna, a personification of the river Yamuna, revered as a goddess
    Synonym: कालिंदी (kālindī)
  3. a female given name from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of यमुना (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
यमुना
yamunā
direct
plural
यमुना
yamunā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
यमुना
yamunā
यमुना
yamunā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
यमुने
yamune
यमुनां-
yamunān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
यमुनेला
yamunelā
यमुनांना
yamunānnā
ergative यमुनेने, यमुनेनं
yamunene, yamunena
यमुनांनी
yamunānnī
instrumental यमुनेशी
yamuneśī
यमुनांशी
yamunānśī
locative
सप्तमी
यमुनेत
yamunet
यमुनांत
yamunāt
vocative
संबोधन
यमुने
yamune
यमुनांनो
yamunānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of यमुना (fem ā-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
यमुनेचा
yamuneċā
यमुनेचे
yamuneċe
यमुनेची
yamunecī
यमुनेच्या
yamunecā
यमुनेचे, यमुनेचं
yamuneċe, yamuneċa
यमुनेची
yamunecī
यमुनेच्या
yamunecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
यमुनांचा
yamunānċā
यमुनांचे
yamunānċe
यमुनांची
yamunāñcī
यमुनांच्या
yamunāncā
यमुनांचे, यमुनांचं
yamunānċe, yamunānċa
यमुनांची
yamunāñcī
यमुनांच्या
yamunāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “यमुना”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “यमुना”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From यम (yáma, twin)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

यमुना • (yamunā) stemf

  1. (geography) the river Yamuna
  2. (Hinduism) the Yamuna river personified as the goddess
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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
singular
nominative यमुना (yamunā)
accusative यमुनाम् (yamunām)
instrumental यमुनया (yamunayā)
यमुना¹ (yamunā¹)
dative यमुनायै (yamunāyai)
ablative यमुनायाः (yamunāyāḥ)
यमुनायै² (yamunāyai²)
genitive यमुनायाः (yamunāyāḥ)
यमुनायै² (yamunāyai²)
locative यमुनायाम् (yamunāyām)
vocative यमुने (yamune)
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