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id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yama&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Yama</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The Hindu <a href="/wiki/lord" title="lord">lord</a> of <a href="/wiki/death" title="death">death</a>, who rides a <a href="/wiki/buffalo" title="buffalo">buffalo</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">zom</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bengali: <span class="Beng" lang="bn"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AE#Bengali" title="যম">যম</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AE" class="extiw" title="bn:যম">(bn)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bn-Latn" class="tr Latn">jom</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Beng" lang="bn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="যমরাজ (page does not exist)">যমরাজ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C" class="extiw" title="bn:যমরাজ">(bn)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bn-Latn" class="tr Latn">jomraj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="Яма">Я́ма</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">Jáma</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Burmese: <span class="Mymr" lang="my"><a href="/wiki/%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC#Burmese" title="ယာမာ">ယာမာ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC" class="extiw" title="my:ယာမာ">(my)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="my-Latn" class="tr Latn">yama</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <span class="Hant" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E9%96%BB%E9%AD%94#Cantonese" title="閻魔">閻魔</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E9%98%8E%E9%AD%94#Cantonese" title="阎魔">阎魔</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">jim<sup>4</sup> mo<sup>1</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Eastern Min: <span class="Hant" lang="cdo"><a href="/wiki/%E9%96%BB%E6%91%A9#Eastern_Min" title="閻摩">閻摩</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cdo"><a href="/wiki/%E9%98%8E%E6%91%A9#Eastern_Min" title="阎摩">阎摩</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cdo-Latn" class="tr Latn">Ngièng-mò̤</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%96%BB%E6%91%A9#Mandarin" title="閻摩">閻摩</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%98%8E%E6%91%A9#Mandarin" title="阎摩">阎摩</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Yánmó</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE#Hindi" title="यम">यम</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" class="extiw" title="hi:यम">(hi)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">yam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C#Hindi" title="यमराज">यमराज</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C" class="extiw" title="hi:यमराज">(hi)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">yamrāj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E9%96%BB%E9%AD%94#Japanese" title="閻魔">閻魔</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%96%BB%E9%AD%94" class="extiw" title="ja:閻魔">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">えんま, Enma</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%99%E1%9E%98#Khmer" title="យម">យម</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">yum</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%97%BC%EB%9D%BC#Korean" title="염라">염라</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">Yeomna</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malayalam: <span class="Mlym" lang="ml"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BB#Malayalam" title="യമൻ">യമൻ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BB" class="extiw" title="ml:യമൻ">(ml)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ml-Latn" class="tr Latn">yamaṉ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE#Marathi" title="यम">यम</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">yam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Odia: <span class="Orya" lang="or"><a href="/wiki/%E0%AC%AF%E0%AC%AE#Odia" title="ଯମ">ଯମ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://or.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AF%E0%AC%AE" class="extiw" title="or:ଯମ">(or)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="or-Latn" class="tr Latn">jama</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iama (page does not exist)">Iama</a></span></li> <li>Punjabi: <span class="Guru" lang="pa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A8%AF%E0%A8%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ਯਮ (page does not exist)">ਯਮ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="pa-Latn" class="tr Latn">yam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0#Russian" title="Яма">Я́ма</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:Яма">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">Jáma</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Sanskrit: <span class="Deva" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE#Sanskrit" title="यम">यम</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" class="extiw" title="sa:यम">(sa)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="tr Latn">yama</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Sindhi: <span class="Arab sd-Arab" lang="sd"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="يمراج (page does not exist)">يمراج</a></span></li> <li>Tamil: <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D#Tamil" title="யமன்">யமன்</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" class="extiw" title="ta:யமன்">(ta)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">yamaṉ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Telugu: <span class="Telu" lang="te"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81#Telugu" title="యముడు">యముడు</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81" class="extiw" title="te:యముడు">(te)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="te-Latn" class="tr Latn">yamuḍu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1#Thai" title="ยม">ยม</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1" class="extiw" title="th:ยม">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">yom</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Urdu: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%85#Urdu" title="یم">یم</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">yam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Di%C3%AAm_La&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diêm La (page does not exist)">Diêm La</a></span></li> <li>Western Panjabi: <span class="Arab pa-Arab" lang="pa"><a href="/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC#Punjabi" title="یمراج">یمراج</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="pa-Latn" class="tr Latn">ymrāj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yama&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Japanese language">Japanese</a></span> <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%84%E3%81%BE#Japanese" title="やま">やま</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-tr tr">Yama</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proper_noun_2">Proper noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yama&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Yama</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">A female <a href="/wiki/given_name" title="given name">given name</a> from Japanese</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yama&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Amya#English" title="Amya">Amya</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ayam#English" title="Ayam">Ayam</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Maya#English" title="Maya">Maya</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/amay#English" title="amay">amay</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/maya#English" title="maya">maya</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Japanese">Japanese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yama&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Japanese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Romanization">Romanization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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