यौवन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यौवन (yauvana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jə̯u.ʋən/, [jɐ̯u.ʋɐ̃n]

Noun

यौवन • (yauvan) m

1. youth

   अपने यौवन में मैं बहुत ग़ुस्सा करता था।

   apne yauvan mẽ ma͠i bahut ġussā kartā thā.

   In my youth I used to be quite hot-headed.

   (literally, “In my own youth I used to scold a lot.”)

Declension

Declension of यौवन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यौवन yauvan	यौवन yauvan
oblique	यौवन yauvan	यौवनों yauvanõ
vocative	यौवन yauvan	यौवनो yauvano

Derived terms

• अज्ञातयौवना (ajñātyauvnā)
• अप्राप्तयौवन (aprāptayauvan)
• ज्ञातयौवना (jñātyauvnā)
• नवयौवन (navyauvan)
• प्राप्तयौवन (prāptayauvan)
• यौवनक (yauvnak)
• यौवनकाल (yauvankāl)
• यौवनदर्प (yauvandarp)
• यौवनप्राप्त (yauvnaprāpt)
• यौवनप्राप्ता (yauvnaprāptā)
• यौवनस्थ (yauvnasth)
• सत्ययौवन (satyayauvan)
• स्थिरयौवन (sthiryauvan)

 

Related terms

• युवक (yuvak, “a youth”)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “यौवन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যৌৱন (Assamese script)
• ᬬᭁᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
• যৌবন (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰻𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑁅𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ယော်ဝန (Burmese script)
• યૌવન (Gujarati script)
• ਯੌਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦻꦴꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂸𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಯೌವನ (Kannada script)
• យៅវន (Khmer script)
• ເຍົາວນ (Lao script)
• യൗവന (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠣᠣᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘼𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠣᠧᠸᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧝𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑑁𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଯୌଵନ (Odia script)
• ꢫꣃꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆿𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖻𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
• යෞවන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩘𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚵𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
• யௌவந (Tamil script)
• యౌవన (Telugu script)
• เยาวน (Thai script)
• ཡཽ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒾𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨈𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of युवन् (yuvan, “young”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑːw.ʋɐ.nɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑw.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

यौवन • (yauvaná) stem, n

1. youth, youthfulness
2. adolescence, puberty
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of यौवन (yauvaná)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यौवनम् yauvanám	यौवने yauvané	यौवनानि / यौवना¹ yauvanā́ni / yauvanā́¹
Vocative	यौवन yaúvana	यौवने yaúvane	यौवनानि / यौवना¹ yaúvanāni / yaúvanā¹
Accusative	यौवनम् yauvanám	यौवने yauvané	यौवनानि / यौवना¹ yauvanā́ni / yauvanā́¹
Instrumental	यौवनेन yauvanéna	यौवनाभ्याम् yauvanā́bhyām	यौवनैः / यौवनेभिः¹ yauvanaíḥ / yauvanébhiḥ¹
Dative	यौवनाय yauvanā́ya	यौवनाभ्याम् yauvanā́bhyām	यौवनेभ्यः yauvanébhyaḥ
Ablative	यौवनात् yauvanā́t	यौवनाभ्याम् yauvanā́bhyām	यौवनेभ्यः yauvanébhyaḥ
Genitive	यौवनस्य yauvanásya	यौवनयोः yauvanáyoḥ	यौवनानाम् yauvanā́nām
Locative	यौवने yauvané	यौवनयोः yauvanáyoḥ	यौवनेषु yauvanéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀅𑀡 (joaṇa)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਜੋਬਨ (joban), ਜੋਬਣ (jobaṇ)
• Pali: yobbana
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀡 (jovvaṇa)
  • Hindi: जोबन (joban)
• → Hindi: यौवन (yauvan)
• → Kannada: ಯೌವನ (yauvana)