यान

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यान (yāna).

Pronunciation

Noun

यान (yānm

  1. vehicle, coach

Declension

Hyponyms

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यान (yāna).

Pronunciation

Noun

यान (yānn

  1. vehicle
    Synonym: गाडी (gāḍī)
  2. coach
  3. carriage

Declension

Declension of यान (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
यान
yān
direct
plural
याने, यानं
yāne, yāna
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
यान
yān
याने, यानं
yāne, yāna
oblique
सामान्यरूप
याना
yānā
यानां-
yānān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
यानाला
yānālā
यानांना
yānānnā
ergative यानाने, यानानं
yānāne, yānāna
यानांनी
yānānnī
instrumental यानाशी
yānāśī
यानांशी
yānānśī
locative
सप्तमी
यानात
yānāt
यानांत
yānāt
vocative
संबोधन
याना
yānā
यानांनो
yānānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of यान (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
यानाचा
yānāċā
यानाचे
yānāċe
यानाची
yānācī
यानाच्या
yānācā
यानाचे, यानाचं
yānāċe, yānāċa
यानाची
yānācī
यानाच्या
yānācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
यानांचा
yānānċā
यानांचे
yānānċe
यानांची
yānāñcī
यानांच्या
yānāncā
यानांचे, यानांचं
yānānċe, yānānċa
यानांची
yānāñcī
यानांच्या
yānāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

यान n

  1. Devanagari script form of yāna (“conveyance”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂-nom, from *yeh₂- (to go). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *ěxati (to travel). The Sanskrit root is या (, to go, proceed).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

यान (yāna) stem

  1. leading, conducting (said of a road)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यान
Nom. sg. यानः (yānaḥ)
Gen. sg. यानस्य (yānasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यानः (yānaḥ) यानौ (yānau) यानाः (yānāḥ)
Vocative यान (yāna) यानौ (yānau) यानाः (yānāḥ)
Accusative यानम् (yānam) यानौ (yānau) यानान् (yānān)
Instrumental यानेन (yānena) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानैः (yānaiḥ)
Dative यानाय (yānāya) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानेभ्यः (yānebhyaḥ)
Ablative यानात् (yānāt) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानेभ्यः (yānebhyaḥ)
Genitive यानस्य (yānasya) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानानाम् (yānānām)
Locative याने (yāne) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानेषु (yāneṣu)
Feminine ā-stem declension of यान
Nom. sg. याना (yānā)
Gen. sg. यानायाः (yānāyāḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative याना (yānā) याने (yāne) यानाः (yānāḥ)
Vocative याने (yāne) याने (yāne) यानाः (yānāḥ)
Accusative यानाम् (yānām) याने (yāne) यानाः (yānāḥ)
Instrumental यानया (yānayā) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानाभिः (yānābhiḥ)
Dative यानायै (yānāyai) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानाभ्यः (yānābhyaḥ)
Ablative यानायाः (yānāyāḥ) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानाभ्यः (yānābhyaḥ)
Genitive यानायाः (yānāyāḥ) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानानाम् (yānānām)
Locative यानायाम् (yānāyām) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानासु (yānāsu)
Neuter a-stem declension of यान
Nom. sg. यानम् (yānam)
Gen. sg. यानस्य (yānasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यानम् (yānam) याने (yāne) यानानि (yānāni)
Vocative यान (yāna) याने (yāne) यानानि (yānāni)
Accusative यानम् (yānam) याने (yāne) यानानि (yānāni)
Instrumental यानेन (yānena) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानैः (yānaiḥ)
Dative यानाय (yānāya) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानेभ्यः (yānebhyaḥ)
Ablative यानात् (yānāt) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानेभ्यः (yānebhyaḥ)
Genitive यानस्य (yānasya) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानानाम् (yānānām)
Locative याने (yāne) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानेषु (yāneṣu)

Noun

यान (yā́na) stemn

  1. carriage, vehicle, mode of transport
  2. moving, journey, travel
  3. going, moving, riding, marching to or upon or against
  4. (Buddhism) figuratively and metaphorically, the modes or methods of religious practice that "convey" practitioners on "journeys" towards their spiritual goal, normally translated as vehicle

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of यान
singular dual plural
nominative यानम् (yānam) याने (yāne) यानानि (yānāni)
याना¹ (yānā¹)
vocative यान (yāna) याने (yāne) यानानि (yānāni)
याना¹ (yānā¹)
accusative यानम् (yānam) याने (yāne) यानानि (yānāni)
याना¹ (yānā¹)
instrumental यानेन (yānena) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानैः (yānaiḥ)
यानेभिः¹ (yānebhiḥ¹)
dative यानाय (yānāya) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानेभ्यः (yānebhyaḥ)
ablative यानात् (yānāt) यानाभ्याम् (yānābhyām) यानेभ्यः (yānebhyaḥ)
genitive यानस्य (yānasya) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानानाम् (yānānām)
locative याने (yāne) यानयोः (yānayoḥ) यानेषु (yāneṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “YĀ¹ (> yā́na- n. Fahrt)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 407-8

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “यान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 849/3.
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “yāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.