yoni

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊni

Noun

yoni (plural yonis)

1. The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
   • 2004, Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra, Alpha Books 2004, p. 242:

     Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.

   • 2001, David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, Oxford 2001, p. 205:

     In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.

   • 1997, David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine, University of California 1997, p. 235:

     The goddess blesses him by placing his liṅgam in her yoni.

Derived terms

• yonic
• yoni egg
• yoni massage

Coordinate terms

• phallus

Translations

Translations

• Bengali: যোনি (bn) (jōni)
• Burmese: ယောနိ (my) (yau:ni.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 約尼／约尼, 约尼 (yuēní)

• Czech: joni f
• Finnish: yoni
• French: yoni (fr) m
• German: Yoni (de) f
• Greek: γιονί (gioní)
• Hebrew: יוני (he)
• Hindi: योनि (hi) f (yoni)
• Hungarian: jóni (hu)
• Indonesian: yoni
• Italian: yoni m
• Japanese: ヨーニ (yōni)
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• Khmer: យោនី (km) (younii)
• Lao: ໂຍນີ (nyō nī)
• Lithuanian: joni
• Malayalam: യോനി (ml) (yōni)
• Persian: یونی (fa) (yoni)
• Polish: joni f
• Portuguese: iôni (pt) m
• Russian: йо́ни f (jóni)
• Sanskrit: योनि (sa) f (yoni)
• Spanish: ioni m
• Tamil: யோனி (ta) (yōṉi)
• Telugu: యోని (te) (yōni)
• Thai: โยนี (th) (yoo-nii)
• Turkish: yoni
• Ukrainian: йо́ні f (jóni)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ.ni/

• Audio:

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Noun

yoni m (plural yonis)

1. yoni

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Javanese

Romanization

yoni

1. Romanization of ꦪꦺꦴꦤꦶ

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀬𑁄𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• योनि (Devanagari script)
• যোনি (Bengali script)
• යොනි (Sinhalese script)
• ယောနိ or ယေႃၼိ (Burmese script)
• โยนิ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᩣᨶᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຍນິ or ໂຢນິ (Lao script)
• យោនិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄮𑄚𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

yoni f

1. womb
2. origin

Declension

Declension table of "yoni" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	yoni	yoniyo or yonī
Accusative (second)	yoniṃ	yoniyo or yonī
Instrumental (third)	yoniyā	yonīhi or yonībhi
Dative (fourth)	yoniyā	yonīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	yoniyā or yonyā	yonīhi or yonībhi
Genitive (sixth)	yoniyā	yonīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	yoniyā or yoniyaṃ or yonyaṃ	yonīsu
Vocative (calling)	yoni	yoniyo or yonī

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “yoni”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead