As a Hindi name
यामि · noun · feminine
कुलवधू । कुलस्त्री · बहिन । भगिनी · यामिनी । रात — Śabdasāgara
यामि · yāmi · s.f.
See the pop. form jāmī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1248
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(for 1. See p. 850, col. 1) = jāmi (, Sch.), a sister, female relation, (v.l. jāmi)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yāmi" is the vocative of "yāmī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. yāmi (for 2. See p. 851, col. 3) = yāmī; See under 1. yāma.
2. yāmi f. (or ˚mī) (for 1. See p. 850, col. 1) = jāmi (Uṇ. iv, 43, Sch.), a sister, female relation, Mn. iv, 180, 183 (v.l. jāmi), MārkP.
= kula-strī, a woman of rank or respectability, L.
yāmi f. (-miḥ-mī) 1 A sister. 2 A virtuous woman. 3 Night. 4 The south. 5 A daughter, or daughter-in-law, newly married. E. yā to go, mi aff., or ya substituted for ja, see jāmi, or yama YAMA, and aṇ aff. of reference.
yāmī (ī), f. N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (wife of Dharma or Manu; sometimes written yāmi), Hariv.; Pur.
of an Apsaras, Hariv.
Alternative readings
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