युवति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

yuvati (Latin script)
𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
যুৰতি (Bengali script)
යුවති (Sinhalese script)
ယုဝတိ (Burmese script)
ยุวติ or ยุวะติ (Thai script)
ᨿᩩᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຍຸວຕິ or ຍຸວະຕິ or ຢຸວະຕິ (Lao script)
យុវតិ (Khmer script)
𑄠𑄪𑅇𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Adjective

युवति (yuvati)

Devanagari script form of yuvati, which is vocative singular feminine of युवन् (yuvan, “young”)

Noun

युवति (yuvati)

Devanagari script form of yuvati, which is vocative singular of युवती (yuvatī, “maiden”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

युवती (yuvatī)

Alternative scripts

যুৱতি (Assamese script)
ᬬᬸᬯᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
যুবতি (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰲𑰪𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ယုဝတိ (Burmese script)
યુવતિ (Gujarati script)
ਯੁਵਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦪꦸꦮꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂨𑂳𑂫𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಯುವತಿ (Kannada script)
យុវតិ (Khmer script)
ຍຸວຕິ (Lao script)
യുവതി (Malayalam script)
ᠶᡠᠸᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘧𑘳𑘪𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠤᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧇𑧔𑧊𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑐸𑐰𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଯୁଵତି (Odia script)
ꢫꢸꢮꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆶𑆮𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖲𑖪𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
යුවති (Sinhalese script)
𑩻𑩒𑩾𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚣𑚰𑚦𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
யுவதி (Tamil script)
యువతి (Telugu script)
ยุวติ (Thai script)
ཡུ་ཝ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒳𑒫𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨪𑨃𑨭𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂yu-Hn̥-tí-s,^[1] from *h₂yéwHō (“young”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ju.ʋɐ.tí/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ju.ʋɐ.t̪i/

Noun

यु॒व॒ति • (yuvatí) stem, f ^[2]^[3]

a young woman; a girl
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of यु॒व॒ति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यु॒व॒तिः (yuvatíḥ)	यु॒व॒ती (yuvatī́)	यु॒व॒तयः॑ (yuvatáyaḥ)
accusative	यु॒व॒तिम् (yuvatím)	यु॒व॒ती (yuvatī́)	यु॒व॒तीः (yuvatī́ḥ)
instrumental	यु॒व॒त्या (yuvatyā́) यु॒व॒ती¹ (yuvatī́¹)	यु॒व॒तिभ्या॑म् (yuvatíbhyām)	यु॒व॒तिभिः॑ (yuvatíbhiḥ)
dative	यु॒व॒तये॑ (yuvatáye) यु॒व॒त्यै² (yuvatyái²) यु॒व॒ती¹ (yuvatī́¹)	यु॒व॒तिभ्या॑म् (yuvatíbhyām)	यु॒व॒तिभ्यः॑ (yuvatíbhyaḥ)
ablative	यु॒व॒तेः (yuvatéḥ) यु॒व॒त्याः² (yuvatyā́ḥ²) यु॒व॒त्यै³ (yuvatyái³)	यु॒व॒तिभ्या॑म् (yuvatíbhyām)	यु॒व॒तिभ्यः॑ (yuvatíbhyaḥ)
genitive	यु॒व॒तेः (yuvatéḥ) यु॒व॒त्याः² (yuvatyā́ḥ²) यु॒व॒त्यै³ (yuvatyái³)	यु॒व॒त्योः (yuvatyóḥ)	यु॒व॒ती॒नाम् (yuvatīnā́m)
locative	यु॒व॒तौ (yuvatáu) यु॒व॒त्याम्² (yuvatyā́m²) यु॒व॒ता¹ (yuvatā́¹)	यु॒व॒त्योः (yuvatyóḥ)	यु॒व॒तिषु॑ (yuvatíṣu)
vocative	युव॑ते (yúvate)	युव॑ती (yúvatī)	युव॑तयः (yúvatayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀼𑀅𑀇 (juaï)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀇 (juvaï)
- Romani: ʒuvli, džuvel, džuvli, džuvľi, dzhuvlyi, zhulyi, zhuvlyi, ʒuvel
  - Caló: chuvli
  - Domari: džuwir
→ Kannada: ಯುವತಿ (yuvati)
→ Telugu: యువతి (yuvati)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “yúvan-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 413-4
^ Monier Williams (1899), “युवति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 855, column 3.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yuvatí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “yúvan-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 413-4

[2] Monier Williams (1899), “युवति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 855, column 3.

[3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yuvatí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607

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