यम

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • a twin, one of a pair or couple
  • a pair or a couple
  • (grammar) a twin-letter
  • (symbolic) the number 'two'

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yámHas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yémHos (connected, paired, twin).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yémHos

Gloss

connected, paired, twin

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