यौवन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit यौवन (yauvana). Doublet of जोबन (joban).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /jə̯u.ʋən/, [jɐ̯u.ʋɐ̃n]
Noun
यौवन • (yauvan) m
- youth
- अपने यौवन में मैं बहुत ग़ुस्सा करता था।
- apne yauvan mẽ ma͠i bahut ġussā kartā thā.
- In my youth I used to be quite hot-headed.
- (literally, “In my own youth I used to scold a lot.”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | यौवन yauvan |
यौवन yauvan |
| oblique | यौवन yauvan |
यौवनों yauvanõ |
| vocative | यौवन yauvan |
यौवनो yauvano |
Derived terms
- अज्ञातयौवना (ajñātyauvnā)
- अप्राप्तयौवन (aprāptayauvan)
- ज्ञातयौवना (jñātyauvnā)
- नवयौवन (navyauvan)
- प्राप्तयौवन (prāptayauvan)
- यौवनक (yauvnak)
- यौवनकाल (yauvankāl)
- यौवनदर्प (yauvandarp)
- यौवनप्राप्त (yauvnaprāpt)
- यौवनप्राप्ता (yauvnaprāptā)
- यौवनस्थ (yauvnasth)
- सत्ययौवन (satyayauvan)
- स्थिरयौवन (sthiryauvan)
Related terms
- युवक (yuvak, “a youth”)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “यौवन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यौवन (yauvana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jəu.ʋən/
Noun
यौवन • (yauvan) n
- (poetic) youth
- (uncommon) puberty, juvenescence
Synonyms
References
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “यौवन”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যৌৱন (Assamese script)
- ᬬᭁᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
- যৌবন (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰻𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑁅𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ယော်ဝန (Burmese script)
- યૌવન (Gujarati script)
- ਯੌਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦻꦴꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂸𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಯೌವನ (Kannada script)
- យៅវន (Khmer script)
- ເຍົາວນ (Lao script)
- യൗവന (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠣᠣᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘼𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠣᠧᠸᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧝𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑑁𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଯୌଵନ (Odia script)
- ꢫꣃꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆿𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖻𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
- යෞවන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩘𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚵𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
- யௌவந (Tamil script)
- యౌవన (Telugu script)
- เยาวน (Thai script)
- ཡཽ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒾𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨈𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of युवन् (yúvan, “young”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɑːw.ʋɐ.nɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɑw.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
यौ॒व॒न • (yauvaná) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यौ॒व॒नम् (yauvanám) | यौ॒व॒ने (yauvané) | यौ॒व॒नानि॑ (yauvanā́ni) यौ॒व॒ना¹ (yauvanā́¹) |
| accusative | यौ॒व॒नम् (yauvanám) | यौ॒व॒ने (yauvané) | यौ॒व॒नानि॑ (yauvanā́ni) यौ॒व॒ना¹ (yauvanā́¹) |
| instrumental | यौ॒व॒नेन॑ (yauvanéna) | यौ॒व॒नाभ्या॑म् (yauvanā́bhyām) | यौ॒व॒नैः (yauvanáiḥ) यौ॒व॒नेभिः॑¹ (yauvanébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | यौ॒व॒नाय॑ (yauvanā́ya) | यौ॒व॒नाभ्या॑म् (yauvanā́bhyām) | यौ॒व॒नेभ्यः॑ (yauvanébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यौ॒व॒नात् (yauvanā́t) | यौ॒व॒नाभ्या॑म् (yauvanā́bhyām) | यौ॒व॒नेभ्यः॑ (yauvanébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यौ॒व॒नस्य॑ (yauvanásya) | यौ॒व॒नयोः॑ (yauvanáyoḥ) | यौ॒व॒नाना॑म् (yauvanā́nām) |
| locative | यौ॒व॒ने (yauvané) | यौ॒व॒नयोः॑ (yauvanáyoḥ) | यौ॒व॒नेषु॑ (yauvanéṣu) |
| vocative | यौव॑न (yáuvana) | यौव॑ने (yáuvane) | यौव॑नानि (yáuvanāni) यौव॑ना¹ (yáuvanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀅𑀡 (joaṇa)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਜੋਬਨ (joban), ਜੋਬਣ (jobaṇ)
- Pali: yobbana
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀡 (jovvaṇa)
- → Hindi: यौवन (yauvan)
- → Kannada: ಯೌವನ (yauvana)
- → Marathi: यौवन (yauvan)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यौवन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 859, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yauvaná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 609