یم

यम yama, vulg. yam, s.m. Restraining, controlling, subduing, taming, keeping in check; restraint;—self-control; penance; any great moral duty or observance (as opp. to niyam);—a twin, one of a pair or couple, a fellow;—a symbolical expression for the number 2;—the regent of the infernal regions, etc. (see the pop. form jam);—death; time:—yamālay (˚ma+āl˚), s.m. The abode of Yam:—yam-pur, s.m., or yam-purī, s.f. The city or abode of Yam; the infernal regions:—yama-ja, vulg. yamaj, adj. & s.m. (f. -jā), Twin-born;—a twin; one of a pair or brace:—yam-dūt, vulg. yam-dutiyā, s.m. Yam's messenger or minister (employed to bring the souls of the dead to Yam's judgment-seat, and thence conduct them to their final destination;—see jam-dūt):—yamdvitīyā, or yam-dutiyā, s.m. See the pop. form jam-dutiyā:—yam-diyā(-diyā= S. dīpaka), s.m. = jam-diyā, q.v.:—yam-dhār, s.m. A kind of dagger or poniard (see jam-dhar):—yam-rāj, or yam-rāy, s.m.=jam-rāj, q.v.:—yam-kāl, s.m. The time of death;—an epithet of Yam:—yamlok, s.m. Yam's world, the region of Yam.