English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit यम (yamá). Doublet of Enma.
Proper noun
Yama
- (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 (bn) (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: 염라 (Yeomna)
- Malayalam: യമൻ (ml) (yamaṉ)
- Marathi: यम m (yam)
- Odia: ଯମ (or) (jama)
- Portuguese: Iama
- 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 (th) (yom)
- Urdu: یم m (yam)
- Vietnamese: Diêm La
- Western Panjabi: یمراج (ymrāj)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Japanese やま (Yama).
Proper noun
Yama
- A female given name from Japanese.
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Yama
- Rōmaji transcription of やま
Pazeh
Proper noun
Yama
- (Kaxabu) a male given name
References
- Pan Yongli (潘永歷) (2015) “Yama”, in Kaxabu Muwalak Misa A Ahan Bizu (噶哈巫語分類辭典詞典) [Dictionary of Kaxabu][1] (in Chinese), Nantou: 南投縣埔里鎮守城社區發展協會, →ISBN, page 286