यु

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

यव् (yav)

Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ju/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ju/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw- (“to bind, hold”).

Root

यु • (yu)

to unite, attach, harness, yoke, bind, fasten
to draw towards one's self, take hold or gain possession of, hold fast
to push on towards
to confer or bestow upon, procure
to worship, honor

Derived terms

अयविष्ट (ayaviṣṭa)
अयावि (ayāvi)
अयीयवत् (ayīyavat)
यविता (yavitā)
यविष्यति (yaviṣyati)
यविष्यते (yaviṣyate)
यावयति (yāvayati)
यियविषति (yiyaviṣati)
यियावयिषति (yiyāvayiṣati)
युते (yute)
युत्वा (yutvā)
युनाति (yunāti)
युनीते (yunīte)
युयविथ (yuyavitha)
युयाव (yuyāva)
युयुवे (yuyuve)
युयूषति (yuyūṣati)
युवति (yuvati)
युवते (yuvate)
युविता (yuvitā)
यूयते (yūyate)
यूयात् (yūyāt)
योत्र (yotra, “a fastening, tie, rope”)
योयवीति (yoyavīti)
योयूयते (yoyūyate)
योयोति (yoyoti)
यौति (yauti)

See also

युज् (yuj, “to join”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw- (“to separate”).

Root

यु • (yu)

to separate, keep or drive away, ward off
to exclude, protect from
to keep aloof, to be or remain separated from

Derived terms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0852/3, 0853/1.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “यु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 132
Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 402-4; 412
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 215-6

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