यन्त्र

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-European *yem-tró-m (“instrument of restraining”), from *yem- (“to hold, to restrain”).

यन्त्र • (yantrá) stem, n

any instrument for holding or restraining or fastening, a prop, support, barrier; a fetter, band, tie, thong, rein
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.149.1:
  सविता यन्त्रैः पृथिवीमरम्णादस्कम्भने सविता द्यामदृंहत् ।
  savitā yantraiḥ pṛthivīmaramṇādaskambhane savitā dyāmadṛṃhat .
  Savitar fixed the earth with fetters to bind it, and made heaven stedfast where no prop supported.
a surgical instrument (especially a blunt one, such as tweezers)
any instrument or apparatus, mechanical contrivance, engine, machine, implement, appliance (as a bolt or lock on a door, oars or sails in a boat. etc.)
restraint, force
an amulet, mystical diagram supposed to possess occult powers
(modern) a machine

Neuter a-stem declension of यन्त्र (yantrá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यन्त्रम् yantrám	यन्त्रे yantré	यन्त्राणि / यन्त्रा¹ yantrā́ṇi / yantrā́¹
Vocative	यन्त्र yántra	यन्त्रे yántre	यन्त्राणि / यन्त्रा¹ yántrāṇi / yántrā¹
Accusative	यन्त्रम् yantrám	यन्त्रे yantré	यन्त्राणि / यन्त्रा¹ yantrā́ṇi / yantrā́¹
Instrumental	यन्त्रेण yantréṇa	यन्त्राभ्याम् yantrā́bhyām	यन्त्रैः / यन्त्रेभिः¹ yantraíḥ / yantrébhiḥ¹
Dative	यन्त्राय yantrā́ya	यन्त्राभ्याम् yantrā́bhyām	यन्त्रेभ्यः yantrébhyaḥ
Ablative	यन्त्रात् yantrā́t	यन्त्राभ्याम् yantrā́bhyām	यन्त्रेभ्यः yantrébhyaḥ
Genitive	यन्त्रस्य yantrásya	यन्त्रयोः yantráyoḥ	यन्त्राणाम् yantrā́ṇām
Locative	यन्त्रे yantré	यन्त्रयोः yantráyoḥ	यन्त्रेषु yantréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

→ Baluchi: (ǰandar, ǰantar, ǰanthir, ǰāthar, ǰathir)
Dardic:
- Kashmiri: यन्द्र् (yandr)
- Kalasha: žontr
- Phalura: yáandr
- Torwali: ژان (žān)
Pali: yanta
- → Khmer: យន្ត (yŭən), យ័ន្ត (yŭən), យន្ត្រ (yŭən)
- → Thai: ยนต์ (yon)
Prakrit: 𑀚𑀁𑀢 (jaṃta)
- Bhojpuri: 𑂔𑂰𑂀𑂞𑂰 (jā̃tā)
- Early Assamese: জান্ত (janto), জান্ত্ (jant), জান্তি (janti)
  - Assamese: যাঁত (zãt), যাঁতি (zãti)
- Hindi: जाँत (jā̃t)
- Magahi: 𑂔𑂰𑂀𑂞𑂰
- Nepali: जाँतो (jā̃to)
- Sindhi: jaṇḍu
  Devanagari script: जंडु
  
  Arabic script: جَنڊُ
Romani: ǰándir, ǰándri
→ Assamese: যঁতৰ (zõtor), যন্ত্ৰ (zontro)
→ Odia: ଯନ୍ତ୍ର (jôntrô)
Punjabi: ਜੰਦਰਾ (jandrā)
→ English: yantra
→ Kannada: ಯಂತ್ರ (yantra)
→ Malay: jentera
→ Malayalam: യന്ത്രം (yantraṁ)
→ Pashto: يندره (jandrá)
→ Persian: جندره (jandara)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جندره (cendere)
  - Turkish: cendere
  - → Egyptian Arabic: جَنْدَرَة (gandara, “mangle, calender and any rotary press”)
  - → Armenian: ճէնտէրէ (čēntērē)
→ Tamil: இயந்திரம் (iyantiram)
→ Telugu: యంత్రము (yantramu)
→ Tocharian B: yāntärne