युवम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yuHám,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *yúh₁ (you two).[2]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

युवम् • (yuvám) (Vedic)

  1. nominative dual of त्वम् (tvám): you two
    Synonym: युवाम् (yuvā́m)

References

  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1904
  2. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 388