yāma

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • याम (Devanagari script)
  • যাম (Bengali script)
  • යාම (Sinhalese script)
  • ယာမ or ယႃမ (Burmese script)
  • ยาม or ยามะ (Thai script)
  • ᨿᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຍາມ or ຍາມະ or ຢາມະ (Lao script)
  • យាម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄠𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit याम (yāma, “cessation”)

Noun

yāma m

  1. nightwatch of three hours

Declension

Declension table of "yāma" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)yāmoyāmā
Accusative (second)yāmaṃyāme
Instrumental (third)yāmenayāmehi or yāmebhi
Dative (fourth)yāmassa or yāmāya or yāmatthaṃyāmānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)yāmasmā or yāmamhā or yāmāyāmehi or yāmebhi
Genitive (sixth)yāmassayāmānaṃ
Locative (seventh)yāmasmiṃ or yāmamhi or yāmeyāmesu
Vocative (calling)yāmayāmā
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