یون

یون (yóōn)

1. moon

Borrowed from Sanskrit यवन (yavana), itself from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/). Doublet of یونان (yūnān) and جون (javan).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jə.ʋən/
• Rhymes: -ən

یَوَن • (yavan) m (Hindi spelling यवन) (rare)

1. a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna

   Synonyms: پَردیشی, پَردیسی, ولایتی (olāetī), فَرَنگِی (farangī), بِدیسی (bidesī), وِدیشی (videśī)

   1. a Greek, an Ionian

      Synonym: یُونانی (yūnānī)

   2. a Bactrian

      Synonym: باختری

   3. a Parthian, a Pahlavi

      Synonyms: پہلوی, پہلو

   4. a Scythian

      Synonyms: شاک (śāk), شک

   5. an Arab, a Turk, a Muslim

      Synonyms: عَرَب ('arab), تُرْک (turk), تُرْکِی (turkī), مُسْلِم (muslim), مُسَلْمَان (musalmān), مُؤْمِن (mumin)

   6. a European, a Westerner

      Synonyms: یُورَپی (yūrapī), مَغرِبی

2. barbarian, uncultured
3. (figurative, Hinduism) a follower of a religion of foreign (usually of non-Dharmic origin)

• “یون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “یون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

From Shina یون (yóōn).

یون (yōn)

1. moon