यवन

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See also: युवन, युवन्, and यौवन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यवन (yavana), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/), from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn). Doublet of यूनान (yūnān).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /jə.ʋən/,

Noun

यवन • (yavan) m (feminine यवनी, Urdu spelling یون) (rare)

  1. foreigner
    Synonyms: परदेसी (pardesī), विदेशी (videśī)
    1. a Greek
      Synonym: यूनानी (yūnānī)
    2. an Arab, a Muslim
      Synonym: अरब (arab)
    3. a European
      Synonym: यूरोपीय (yūropīya)

Declension

Declension of यवन (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct यवन
yavan 		यवन
yavan
oblique यवन
yavan 		यवनों
yavanõ
vocative यवन
yavan 		यवनो
yavano

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona), borrowed from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”). See also म्लेच्छ (mleccha, “non-Aryan, barbarian”).

Pronunciation

Noun

यवन • (yavana) stem, m

  1. a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna
    1. a Greek, Ionian
      यवनेश्वर ― yavaneśvara ― king of the Greeks
    2. Bactrian
    3. Scythians
      • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.20b, 21a:
        विश्वामित्र अर्दितान् दृष्ट्वा पह्लवान् शतशः तदा ॥
        भूय एव असृजत् घोरान् शकान् यवन मिश्रितान् ।
        viśvāmitra arditān dṛṣṭvā pahlavān śataśaḥ tadā.
        bhūya eva asṛjat ghorān śakān yavana miśritān.
        • 2002 translation by Desiraju Hanumanta Rao
          On seeing the subdual of hundreds of Pahlava-s by Vishvamitra, then the Sacred Cow again generated deadly Shaka-s hobnobbed with Yavana-s through her mooing 'hums'.
    4. Arab, Muslim
    5. (Late Sanskrit) a European

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यवन
Nom. sg. यवनः (yavanaḥ)
Gen. sg. यवनस्य (yavanasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यवनः (yavanaḥ) यवनौ (yavanau) यवनाः (yavanāḥ)
Vocative यवन (yavana) यवनौ (yavanau) यवनाः (yavanāḥ)
Accusative यवनम् (yavanam) यवनौ (yavanau) यवनान् (yavanān)
Instrumental यवनेन (yavanena) यवनाभ्याम् (yavanābhyām) यवनैः (yavanaiḥ)
Dative यवनाय (yavanāya) यवनाभ्याम् (yavanābhyām) यवनेभ्यः (yavanebhyaḥ)
Ablative यवनात् (yavanāt) यवनाभ्याम् (yavanābhyām) यवनेभ्यः (yavanebhyaḥ)
Genitive यवनस्य (yavanasya) यवनयोः (yavanayoḥ) यवनानाम् (yavanānām)
Locative यवने (yavane) यवनयोः (yavanayoḥ) यवनेषु (yavaneṣu)

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References

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