Yamuna

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Yamuna

Etymology

A transliteration of Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), which is from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs in parallel with the Ganges.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(India) IPA^(key): /jə.mʊˈnaː/

Proper noun

Yamuna

The largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.

Alternative forms

Jumna
Gemini, Gemna (both obsolete)

Translations

tributary of the Ganges

Arabic: جمنة
Bengali: যমুনা (bn) (jomuna)
Burmese: ယမုန်နာ (my) (ya.munna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 朱木納／朱木纳, 閻牟那／阎牟那, 亞穆納／亚穆纳
Hindi: यमुना (hi) f (yamunā), जमना (hi) f (jamnā)
Latin: Iomanēs
Marathi: यमुना f (yamunā)
Nepali: यमुना (yamunā), जमुना (jamunā)
Persian: جَمُنا
Russian: Джа́мна (Džámna), Яму́на (Jamúna), Джу́мна (Džúmna)
Sanskrit: see Thesaurus:यमुना
Santali: ᱡᱚᱢᱩᱱᱟ (jômuna), ᱡᱚᱢᱩᱱᱮᱛᱨᱤ (jômunetri)
Telugu: యమున (te) (yamuna)
Urdu: یمنا f (yamunā), جَمْنا f (jamnā)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899) “Yamuna”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 846, 847.
^ Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) Vedic index of names and subjects, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 186

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