यमुना

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जमुना (jamunā)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs parallel with the Ganges.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jə.mʊ.nɑː/, [jɐ.mʊ.näː]

Proper noun

यमुना • (yamunā) f (Urdu spelling یمنا)

1. Yamuna, Jumna (a river in the states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and union territory of Delhi, India)

Declension

Declension of यमुना (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	यमुना yamunā
oblique	यमुना yamunā
vocative	यमुना yamunā

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যমুনা (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬫᬸᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• যমুনা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰦𑰲𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ယမုနာ (Burmese script)
• યમુના (Gujarati script)
• ਯਮੁਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦩꦸꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂧𑂳𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಮುನಾ (Kannada script)
• យមុនា (Khmer script)
• ຍມຸນາ (Lao script)
• യമുനാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘦𑘳𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠮᠤᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧆𑧔𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐩𑐸𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଯମୁନା (Odia script)
• ꢫꢪꢸꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆩𑆶𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖦𑖲𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• යමුනා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩴𑩒𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚢𑚰𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• யமுநா (Tamil script)
• యమునా (Telugu script)
• ยมุนา (Thai script)
• ཡ་མུ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒧𑒳𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨢𑨃𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From यम (yáma, “twin”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ.mu.nɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.mu.n̪ɑː/

Proper noun

यमुना • (yamunā) stem, f

1. (geography) the river Yamuna
2. (Hinduism) the Yamuna river personified as the goddess
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.5:

     इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।
     अ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒यार्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या॥

     imáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.
     asiknyā́ marudvṛdhe vitástayā́rjīkīye śṛṇuhyā́ suṣómayā.

     Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Asiknī, Marudvṛdha and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of यमुना (yamunā)
	Singular
Nominative	यमुना yamunā
Vocative	यमुने yamune
Accusative	यमुनाम् yamunām
Instrumental	यमुनया / यमुना¹ yamunayā / yamunā¹
Dative	यमुनायै yamunāyai
Ablative	यमुनायाः / यमुनायै² yamunāyāḥ / yamunāyai²
Genitive	यमुनायाः / यमुनायै² yamunāyāḥ / yamunāyai²
Locative	यमुनायाम् yamunāyām
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas