Yamuna

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /jə.mʊ.ˈnaː/

Proper noun

Yamuna

1. 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)