यम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
যম্ (Assamese script)
যম্ (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
યમ્ (Gujarati script)
ਯਮੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦪꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
យម៑ (Khmer script)
ಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
ຍມ຺ (Lao script)
യമ് (Malayalam script)
𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
ᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
ယမ် (Burmese script)
𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
ଯମ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
යම් (Sinhalese script)
యమ్ (Telugu script)
ยมฺ (Thai script)
ཡ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yam-, from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐm/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /jɐm/

Root

यम् • (yam)

to sustain, hold, hold up, support
to raise, wield (a weapon)
to raise, extend or hold (as a screen)
to extend one's self
to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show
to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control
to give anything in exchange for anything
to give up one’s self to, be faithful to, obey
to utter (a sound)
to fix, establish

Derived terms

आयम् (āyam)
आयाम (āyāma)
व्यायम् (vyāyam)
व्यायाम (vyāyāma)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “यम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 845.

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