Yama

See also: yama, yamá, yamā, and yàmá

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 (pt)
Punjabi: ਯਮ (yam)
Western Punjabi: یمراج (ymrāj)
Russian: Я́ма (ru) m (Jáma)
Sanskrit: यम (sa) m (yama)
Sindhi: يمراج (emrāj)
Tamil: யமன் (ta) (yamaṉ)
Telugu: యముడు (te) (yamuḍu)
Thai: ยม (th) (yom)
Urdu: یم m (yam)
Vietnamese: Diêm La (閻羅), Diêm Ma (閻魔), Diêm Vương (vi) (閻王)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese やま (Yama).

Proper noun

Yama

A female given name from Japanese.

Anagrams

Amya, Ayam, Maya, amay, maya

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