यावन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যাৱন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬵᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যাবন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယာဝန် (Burmese script)
• યાવન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਾਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦴꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂰𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಾವೝ (Kannada script)
• យាវន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍາວນ຺ (Lao script)
• യാവന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘰𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠸᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧑𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐵𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯାଵନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢵꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යාවන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩛𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚭𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• யாவந் (Tamil script)
• యావౝ (Telugu script)
• ยาวนฺ (Thai script)
• ཡཱ་ཝ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨊𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, ride, travel, go in, enter”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑ́ː.ʋɐn/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.ʋɐn̪/

Noun

यावन् • (yā́van) stem, m

1. a rider, horseman
2. an invader, aggressor, foe

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of यावन् (yā́van)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यावा yā́vā	यावानौ / यावाना¹ yā́vānau / yā́vānā¹	यावानः yā́vānaḥ
Vocative	यावन् yā́van	यावानौ / यावाना¹ yā́vānau / yā́vānā¹	यावानः yā́vānaḥ
Accusative	यावानम् yā́vānam	यावानौ / यावाना¹ yā́vānau / yā́vānā¹	यौनः yaúnaḥ
Instrumental	यौना yaúnā	यावभ्याम् yā́vabhyām	यावभिः yā́vabhiḥ
Dative	यौने yaúne	यावभ्याम् yā́vabhyām	यावभ्यः yā́vabhyaḥ
Ablative	यौनः yaúnaḥ	यावभ्याम् yā́vabhyām	यावभ्यः yā́vabhyaḥ
Genitive	यौनः yaúnaḥ	यौनोः yaúnoḥ	यौनाम् yaúnām
Locative	यौनि / यावनि / यावन्¹ yaúni / yā́vani / yā́van¹	यौनोः yaúnoḥ	यावसु yā́vasu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• यामन् (yā́man)
• यान (yā́na)
• याति (yā́ti)