Etymograph

English

Yama

Yama comes from Sanskrit यम.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयमyamá
  2. EnglishtodayYama

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

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  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयमyamá
  2. EnglishtodayYama

Every English word from Sanskrit यम

Another origin of Yama

  1. JapanesemodernやまYama‘夜(や)摩(ま) (Yama), the Hindu god Yama’
  2. EnglishtodayYama

Today it means

name The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit यम / Yama

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