"Yama" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Sanskrit यम (yáma). Doublet of Enma. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|यम|tr=yáma}} Sanskrit यम (yáma), {{doublet|en|Enma}} Doublet of Enma Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yama
  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo. Wikipedia link: Yama Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Buddhism, Hindu deities, Hinduism Translations (the Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo): যম (zom) (Assamese), যম (jom) (Bengali), যমরাজ (jomraj) (Bengali), Я́ма (Jáma) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ယာမာ (yama) (Burmese), 閻魔 (Chinese Cantonese), 阎魔 (jim⁴ mo¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 閻摩 (Chinese Mandarin), 阎摩 (Yánmó) (Chinese Mandarin), 閻摩 (Eastern Min Chinese), 阎摩 (Ngièng-mò̤) (Eastern Min Chinese), यम (yam) [masculine] (Hindi), यमराज (yamrāj) [masculine] (Hindi), 閻魔 (Enma) (alt: えんま) (Japanese), យម (yum) (Khmer), 염마 (Yeomma) (Korean), യമൻ (yamaṉ) (Malayalam), यम (yam) [masculine] (Marathi), ଯମ (jômô) (Odia), ਯਮ (yam) (Punjabi), Я́ма (Jáma) [masculine] (Russian), यम (yama) [masculine] (Sanskrit), يمراج (Sindhi), யமன் (yamaṉ) (Tamil), యముడు (yamuḍu) (Telugu), ยม (yom) (Thai), یم (yam) [masculine] (Urdu), یمراج (Western Panjabi)

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