युवा

See also: यव

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit युवा (yuvā), masculine nominative singular of युवन् (yuvan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /jʊ.ʋɑː/, [jʊ.ʋäː]

Adjective

युवा • (yuvā) (indeclinable)

1. young

   Synonyms: जवान (javān), तरुण (taruṇ)

   Antonym: बूढ़ा (būṛhā)

Noun

युवा • (yuvā) m

1. youth, young man, adolescent

Declension

Declension of युवा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	युवा yuvā	युवा yuvā
oblique	युवा yuvā	युवाओं yuvāõ
vocative	युवा yuvā	युवाओ yuvāo

Derived terms

• युवावस्था (yuvāvasthā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “युवा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4074
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “युवा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 630
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “युवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 844
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “युवा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 530.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yuvā (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• যুৰা (Bengali script)
• යුවා (Sinhalese script)
• ယုဝါ or ယုဝႃ (Burmese script)
• ยุวา (Thai script)
• ᨿᩩᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍຸວາ or ຢຸວາ (Lao script)
• យុវា (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄪𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

युवा (yuvā)

1. Devanagari script form of yuvā, which is nominative/vocative singular masculine of युवन् (yuvan, “young”)

Noun

युवा (yuvā)

1. Devanagari script form of yuvā, which is nominative/vocative singular of युवन् (yuvan, “young man”)

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jú.ʋɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ju.ʋɑː/

Adjective

युवा॑ • (yúvā)

1. inflection of युव॑न् (yúvan):
   1. masculine nominative singular
   2. (Vedic) neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

युवा॑ • (yúvā)

1. nominative singular of युव॑न् (yúvan)