यव

See also: युवा

Sanskrit

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Etymology

  • From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas (barley, cereal), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (barley, cereal). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (yauua), Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá), Old Irish eórna (whence Irish eorna (barley)), Lithuanian javai̇̃, Persian جو (jow).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    यव • (yáva) stemm

    1. barley
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.27.8:
        गावो॒ यवं॒ प्रयु॑ता अ॒र्यो अ॑क्ष॒न्ता अ॑पश्यं स॒हगो॑पा॒श्चर॑न्तीः ।
        gā́vo yávaṃ práyutā aryó akṣantā́ apaśyaṃ sahágopāścárantīḥ.
        The freed kine eat the barley of the pious; I saw them as they wandered with the herdsman.
    2. grain, cereal
    3. a unit of measurement of weight or length

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of यव
    singular dual plural
    nominative यवः (yávaḥ) यवौ (yávau)
    यवा¹ (yávā¹)
    यवाः (yávāḥ)
    यवासः¹ (yávāsaḥ¹)
    accusative यवम् (yávam) यवौ (yávau)
    यवा¹ (yávā¹)
    यवान् (yávān)
    instrumental यवेन (yávena) यवाभ्याम् (yávābhyām) यवैः (yávaiḥ)
    यवेभिः¹ (yávebhiḥ¹)
    dative यवाय (yávāya) यवाभ्याम् (yávābhyām) यवेभ्यः (yávebhyaḥ)
    ablative यवात् (yávāt) यवाभ्याम् (yávābhyām) यवेभ्यः (yávebhyaḥ)
    genitive यवस्य (yávasya) यवयोः (yávayoḥ) यवानाम् (yávānām)
    locative यवे (yáve) यवयोः (yávayoḥ) यवेषु (yáveṣu)
    vocative यव (yáva) यवौ (yávau)
    यवा¹ (yávā¹)
    यवाः (yávāḥ)
    यवासः¹ (yávāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    • यवद्वीप (yavadvīpa, Java, literally island of barley)
    • यवमत् (yávamat, cultivating grain)
    • यवयु (yavayú, desiring grain)
    • यवाशिर् (yávāsir, mixed with grain)
    • यव्य (yavyá)
    • यव्या (yavyā́, a stock of barley)

    Descendants

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899), “यव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 847, column 2.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 404-5
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 615-6
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yáva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 603