𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀡 (juāṇa)
Etymology
From older *𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀦 (*yuvāna)—e.g. Pali 𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀦 (yuvāna)—, either from a back-formation of Sanskrit युवानक (yuvānaka) or from an inflected case of Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan) like युवानम् (yúvānam, acc sg) or युवानः (yúvānaḥ, nom pl). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₁ō. Cognate with Latin iuvenis.
Noun
𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡 (juvāṇa) m (Devanagari जुवाण, Kannada ಜುವಾಣ, feminine 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻) (attested in Jain Māhārāṣṭrī)
- a young person
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 246:
- 𑀫𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀅𑀁-𑀯 𑀧𑀻𑀅𑀁 𑀢𑁂𑀡 𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀏
𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀳𑀮𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸𑀓𑀟𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀅𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 𑀚𑀮𑀁 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡- māmi hiaaṃ-va pīaṃ teṇa juāṇeṇa majjamāṇāe
ṇhāṇahaliddākaḍuaṃ aṇusŏtta jalaṃ piaṃteṇa
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- Mother, that young man who downriver drank the water
That was bitter with my turmeric soap, has as good as drunk my heart.
- Mother, that young man who downriver drank the water
- māmi hiaaṃ-va pīaṃ teṇa juāṇeṇa majjamāṇāe
- 𑀫𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀅𑀁-𑀯 𑀧𑀻𑀅𑀁 𑀢𑁂𑀡 𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀏
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁄 (juvāṇo) | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā) |
| Accusative | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀁 (juvāṇaṃ) | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂 (juvāṇe) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡 (juvāṇeṇa) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (juvāṇeṇaṃ) | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (juvāṇehi) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (juvāṇehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀅 (juvāṇāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀑 (juvāṇāo) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀉 (juvāṇāu) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (juvāṇāhi) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (juvāṇāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (juvāṇassa) | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡 (juvāṇāṇa) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (juvāṇāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (juvāṇammi) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂 (juvāṇe) | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (juvāṇesu) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (juvāṇesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡 (juvāṇa) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā) | 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā) |
Related terms
- 𑀚𑀼𑀯 (juva)
Descendants
- Bengali: জোয়ান (jōẇan)
- Gujarati: જુવાન (juvān)
- Hindustani: juvān
- Odia: ଜୁଆଣ (juāṇa)
- Sinhalese: යොන (yona, “woman, young woman”)
Further reading
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “जुवाण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “juvāṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 608