"यवन" meaning in Sanskrit

See यवन in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jɐ.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona), borrowed from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”). See also म्लेच्छ (mleccha, “non-Aryan, barbarian”). Etymology templates: {{bor|sa|inc-ash|𑀬𑁄𑀦}} Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona), {{der|sa|peo|𐎹𐎢𐎴|ts=yauna}} Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/), {{der|sa|grc|Ἴων||an Ionian}} Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} यवन • (yavana) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-a-m|यव|न}}, {{sa-decl-noun|abd=यवनाभ्याम्|abp=यवनेभ्यः|abs=यवनात्|acd=यवनौ|acp=यवनान्|acs=यवनम्|dd=यवनाभ्याम्|dp=यवनेभ्यः|ds=यवनाय|gd=यवनयोः|gp=यवनानाम्|gs=यवनस्य|id=यवनाभ्याम्|ip=यवनैः|is=यवनेन|ld=यवनयोः|lp=यवनेषु|ls=यवने|nd=यवनौ|np=यवनाः|ns=यवनः|title=Masculine a-stem declension of यवन|vd=यवनौ|vp=यवनाः|vs=यवन|width=60}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनस्य}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनौ}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनाः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनौ}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनान्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनेन}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनाभ्याम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनैः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनाय}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनाभ्याम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनेभ्यः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनात्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनाभ्याम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनेभ्यः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनस्य}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनयोः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनानाम्}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवने}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनयोः}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनेषु}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवन}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनौ}}, {{sa-decl-noun/cell|यवनाः}} Forms: yavana [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], यवनः [nominative, singular], यवनौ [dual, nominative], यवनाः [nominative, plural], यवनम् [accusative, singular], यवनौ [accusative, dual], यवनान् [accusative, plural], यवनेन [instrumental, singular], यवनाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], यवनैः [instrumental, plural], यवनाय [dative, singular], यवनाभ्याम् [dative, dual], यवनेभ्यः [dative, plural], यवनात् [ablative, singular], यवनाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], यवनेभ्यः [ablative, plural], यवनस्य [genitive, singular], यवनयोः [dual, genitive], यवनानाम् [genitive, plural], यवने [locative, singular], यवनयोः [dual, locative], यवनेषु [locative, plural], यवन [singular, vocative], यवनौ [dual, vocative], यवनाः [plural, vocative]
  1. a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna
    a Greek, Ionian
    Sense id: en-यवन-sa-noun-04VSesoc
  2. a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna
    Bactrian
    Sense id: en-यवन-sa-noun-L17rbEo3
  3. a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna
    Scythians
    Sense id: en-यवन-sa-noun-PWN~v9WO Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Demonyms, Ethnonyms, Nationalities, People Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 8 2 16 10 30 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 5 1 12 12 37 12 12 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 29 12 36 12 12 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 12 10 58 10 10 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 10 10 59 10 10 Disambiguation of Nationalities: 10 10 59 10 10 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100 0 0
  4. a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna
    Arab, Muslim
    Sense id: en-यवन-sa-noun-eBVp41LB
  5. a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna
    (Late Sanskrit) a European
    Tags: Late, Sanskrit
    Sense id: en-यवन-sa-noun-IuSxcOiA
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "যবন",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: যবন (jobon) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: যবন (jobon) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani: (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani: (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "यवन"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: यवन (yavan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: यवन (yavan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "یَوَن"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: یَوَن (yavan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: یَوَن (yavan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltc",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "耶槃那",
            "id": "1,1,1"
          },
          "expansion": "耶槃那 (MC yae ban na)",
          "name": "ltc-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Chinese: 耶槃那 (MC yae ban na)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "யவனர்",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: யவனர் (yavaṉar) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: யவனர் (yavaṉar) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ยวน",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ยวน (yuuan)\n→ Burmese: ယွန်း (ywan:)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ยวน (yuuan)\n→ Burmese: ယွန်း (ywan:)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-ash",
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      },
      "expansion": "Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎹𐎢𐎴",
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      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἴων",
        "4": "",
        "5": "an Ionian"
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      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "yavana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "यवनः",
      "roman": "yavanaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "yavanau",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "यवनाः",
      "roman": "yavanāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनम्",
      "roman": "yavanam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनौ",
      "roman": "yavanau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनान्",
      "roman": "yavanān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनेन",
      "roman": "yavanena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yavanābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनैः",
      "roman": "yavanaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनाय",
      "roman": "yavanāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yavanābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनेभ्यः",
      "roman": "yavanebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनात्",
      "roman": "yavanāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yavanābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनेभ्यः",
      "roman": "yavanebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनस्य",
      "roman": "yavanasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनयोः",
      "roman": "yavanayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनानाम्",
      "roman": "yavanānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवने",
      "roman": "yavane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनयोः",
      "roman": "yavanayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनेषु",
      "roman": "yavaneṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवन",
      "roman": "yavana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनौ",
      "roman": "yavanau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनाः",
      "roman": "yavanāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "यवन • (yavana) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यव",
        "2": "न"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "abd": "यवनाभ्याम्",
        "abp": "यवनेभ्यः",
        "abs": "यवनात्",
        "acd": "यवनौ",
        "acp": "यवनान्",
        "acs": "यवनम्",
        "dd": "यवनाभ्याम्",
        "dp": "यवनेभ्यः",
        "ds": "यवनाय",
        "gd": "यवनयोः",
        "gp": "यवनानाम्",
        "gs": "यवनस्य",
        "id": "यवनाभ्याम्",
        "ip": "यवनैः",
        "is": "यवनेन",
        "ld": "यवनयोः",
        "lp": "यवनेषु",
        "ls": "यवने",
        "nd": "यवनौ",
        "np": "यवनाः",
        "ns": "यवनः",
        "title": "Masculine a-stem declension of यवन",
        "vd": "यवनौ",
        "vp": "यवनाः",
        "vs": "यवन",
        "width": "60"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनस्य"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनान्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेन"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनैः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाय"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनात्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनस्य"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनानाम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवने"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेषु"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवन"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "king of the Greeks",
          "roman": "yavaneśvara",
          "text": "यवनेश्वर",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti"
        },
        {
          "english": "nativity according to the Greeks",
          "ref": "c. 150 CE, Yavanajātaka",
          "roman": "yavanajātaka",
          "text": "यवनजातक"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "a Greek, Ionian"
      ],
      "id": "en-यवन-sa-noun-04VSesoc",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Ionian",
          "Ionian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "Bactrian"
      ],
      "id": "en-यवन-sa-noun-L17rbEo3",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Bactrian",
          "Bactrian"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "name": "Demonyms",
          "orig": "sa:Demonyms",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 59 10 10",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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        },
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          "orig": "sa:People",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.20b, 21a",
          "roman": "On seeing the subdual of hundreds of Pahlava-s by Vishvamitra, then the Sacred Cow again generated deadly Shaka-s hobnobbed with Yavana-s through her mooing 'hums'.",
          "text": "विश्वामित्र अर्दितान् दृष्ट्वा पह्लवान् शतशः तदा ॥\nभूय एव असृजत् घोरान् शकान् यवन मिश्रितान् ।\nviśvāmitra arditān dṛṣṭvā pahlavān śataśaḥ tadā.\nbhūya eva asṛjat ghorān śakān yavana miśritān.\n2002 translation by Desiraju Hanumanta Rao"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        "Scythians"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Scythian",
          "Scythian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "Arab, Muslim"
      ],
      "id": "en-यवन-sa-noun-eBVp41LB",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Arab",
          "Arab"
        ],
        [
          "Muslim",
          "Muslim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "a European"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "European",
          "European"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "(Late Sanskrit) a European"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late",
        "Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐ.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/",
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        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "यवन"
}
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        "singular"
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        "nominative"
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      "form": "यवनाः",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनम्",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "यवनौ",
      "roman": "yavanau",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "roman": "yavanān",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "यवनेन",
      "roman": "yavanena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनाभ्याम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनैः",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "यवनाय",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "यवनयोः",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "यवनानाम्",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "यवनयोः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "locative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "यवनेषु",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवन",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनौ",
      "roman": "yavanau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यवनाः",
      "roman": "yavanāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "यव",
        "2": "न"
      },
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      "args": {
        "abd": "यवनाभ्याम्",
        "abp": "यवनेभ्यः",
        "abs": "यवनात्",
        "acd": "यवनौ",
        "acp": "यवनान्",
        "acs": "यवनम्",
        "dd": "यवनाभ्याम्",
        "dp": "यवनेभ्यः",
        "ds": "यवनाय",
        "gd": "यवनयोः",
        "gp": "यवनानाम्",
        "gs": "यवनस्य",
        "id": "यवनाभ्याम्",
        "ip": "यवनैः",
        "is": "यवनेन",
        "ld": "यवनयोः",
        "lp": "यवनेषु",
        "ls": "यवने",
        "nd": "यवनौ",
        "np": "यवनाः",
        "ns": "यवनः",
        "title": "Masculine a-stem declension of यवन",
        "vd": "यवनौ",
        "vp": "यवनाः",
        "vs": "यवन",
        "width": "60"
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      "name": "sa-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनस्य"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनान्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेन"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनैः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाय"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनात्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाभ्याम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेभ्यः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनस्य"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनानाम्"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवने"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनयोः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनेषु"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवन"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनौ"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यवनाः"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun/cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations",
        "Sanskrit terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "king of the Greeks",
          "roman": "yavaneśvara",
          "text": "यवनेश्वर",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti"
        },
        {
          "english": "nativity according to the Greeks",
          "ref": "c. 150 CE, Yavanajātaka",
          "roman": "yavanajātaka",
          "text": "यवनजातक"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "a Greek, Ionian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Ionian",
          "Ionian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "Bactrian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Bactrian",
          "Bactrian"
        ]
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    {
      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.20b, 21a",
          "roman": "On seeing the subdual of hundreds of Pahlava-s by Vishvamitra, then the Sacred Cow again generated deadly Shaka-s hobnobbed with Yavana-s through her mooing 'hums'.",
          "text": "विश्वामित्र अर्दितान् दृष्ट्वा पह्लवान् शतशः तदा ॥\nभूय एव असृजत् घोरान् शकान् यवन मिश्रितान् ।\nviśvāmitra arditān dṛṣṭvā pahlavān śataśaḥ tadā.\nbhūya eva asṛjat ghorān śakān yavana miśritān.\n2002 translation by Desiraju Hanumanta Rao"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "Scythians"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Scythian",
          "Scythian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "Arab, Muslim"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "Arab",
          "Arab"
        ],
        [
          "Muslim",
          "Muslim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "a European"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ],
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ],
        [
          "varna",
          "varna"
        ],
        [
          "European",
          "European"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
        "(Late Sanskrit) a European"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late",
        "Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐ.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "यवन"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.