यवन
Sanskrit
Etymology
Borrowing from Prakrit Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., borrowed from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (yauna), ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”). The earliest foreign contact of Sanskrit speakers was likely the armies of Alexander the Great. See also म्लेच्छ (mleccha, “non-Aryan, barbarian”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ˈjɐ.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
यवन • (yavana) stem, m
- a foreigner, barbarian not part of the four-tiers of varna
- a Greek, Ionian
- यवनेश्वर ― yavaneśvara ― king of the Greeks
- Bactrian
- 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'.
- viśvāmitra arditān dṛṣṭvā pahlavān śataśaḥ tadā.
- विश्वामित्र अर्दितान् दृष्ट्वा पह्लवान् शतशः तदा ॥
- Arab, Muslim
- (Late Sanskrit) a European
- a Greek, Ionian
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of यवन | |||
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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) |
Descendants
- Tamil: யவனர் (yavaṉar)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “यवन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 848.
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