यमराज

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jəm.ɾɑːd͡ʒ/, [jɐ̃m.ɾäːd͡ʒ]

Proper noun

यमराज • (yamrāj) m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) lord Yama, god of the underworld

   Synonym: यम (yam)

Declension

Declension of यमराज (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	यमराज yamrāj
oblique	यमराज yamrāj
vocative	यमराज yamrāj

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• যমৰাজ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬫᬭᬵᬚ (Balinese script)
• যমরাজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰦𑰨𑰯𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ယမရာဇ (Burmese script)
• યમરાજ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਮਰਾਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦩꦫꦴꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂧𑂩𑂰𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಮರಾಜ (Kannada script)
• យមរាជ (Khmer script)
• ຍມຣາຊ (Lao script)
• യമരാജ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᠮᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧆𑧈𑧑𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐩𑐬𑐵𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଯମରାଜ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢪꢬꢵꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆩𑆫𑆳𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖦𑖨𑖯𑖕 (Siddham script)
• යමරාජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩴𑩼𑩛𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚢𑚤𑚭𑚑 (Takri script)
• யமராஜ (Tamil script)
• యమరాజ (Telugu script)
• ยมราช (Thai script)
• ཡ་མ་རཱ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒧𑒩𑒰𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨢𑨫𑨊𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of यम (yamá, “Yama”, proper noun) +‎ राज (rā́ja, “king”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ.mɐ.ɾɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.mɐˈɾɑː.d͡ʑɐ/

Proper noun

यमराज • (yamarā́ja) stem, m

1. Yama, the god of death, afterlife and justice, the twin brother of Yamuna and believed to have been the first mortal to die

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यमराज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यमराजः (yamarā́jaḥ)	यमराजौ (yamarā́jau) यमराजा¹ (yamarā́jā¹)	यमराजाः (yamarā́jāḥ) यमराजासः¹ (yamarā́jāsaḥ¹)
vocative	यमराज (yámarāja)	यमराजौ (yámarājau) यमराजा¹ (yámarājā¹)	यमराजाः (yámarājāḥ) यमराजासः¹ (yámarājāsaḥ¹)
accusative	यमराजम् (yamarā́jam)	यमराजौ (yamarā́jau) यमराजा¹ (yamarā́jā¹)	यमराजान् (yamarā́jān)
instrumental	यमराजेन (yamarā́jena)	यमराजाभ्याम् (yamarā́jābhyām)	यमराजैः (yamarā́jaiḥ) यमराजेभिः¹ (yamarā́jebhiḥ¹)
dative	यमराजाय (yamarā́jāya)	यमराजाभ्याम् (yamarā́jābhyām)	यमराजेभ्यः (yamarā́jebhyaḥ)
ablative	यमराजात् (yamarā́jāt)	यमराजाभ्याम् (yamarā́jābhyām)	यमराजेभ्यः (yamarā́jebhyaḥ)
genitive	यमराजस्य (yamarā́jasya)	यमराजयोः (yamarā́jayoḥ)	यमराजानाम् (yamarā́jānām)
locative	यमराजे (yamarā́je)	यमराजयोः (yamarā́jayoḥ)	यमराजेषु (yamarā́jeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: यमराज (yamrāj)
• Kumaoni: ज्यूरा (jyūrā)
• Marathi: जवरा (javrā)
• Sinhalese: යමරද (yamarada)
• → Kamkata-viri: [script needed] (Imro)
• → Waigali: Yamrai
• → Ashkun: Imra
• → Prasuni: Yumr'a