# Yama

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,024

## Definitions
1. The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit यम (yamá). Doublet of Enma.

## Easily confused with
- **yea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yea)
- **yay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yay)
- **yan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yan)
- **yum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yum)
- **Yao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yao)
- **yap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yap)
- **yaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yaw)
- **yar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yar)
- **yas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yas)
- **yat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yat)
- **Yau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yau)
- **yard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yard)
- **yoga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yoga)
- **yang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yang)
- **yarn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yarn)
- **YMCA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-ymca)
- **Yoda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yoda)
- **yawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yawn)
- **yank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yank)
- **yaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yama-vs-yaya)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ayma`, `yaam`, `yamma`, `ymaa`, `yyama`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yama