See यवन in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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": [
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"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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"1": "sa",
"2": "inc-ash",
"3": "𑀬𑁄𑀦"
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"name": "bor"
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{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "peo",
"3": "𐎹𐎢𐎴",
"ts": "yauna"
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"expansion": "Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /yauna/)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Ἴων",
"4": "",
"5": "an Ionian"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
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{
"form": "yavana",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-a-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "यवनः",
"roman": "yavanaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यवनौ",
"roman": "yavanau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"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"
]
}
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{
"args": {
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "यवन • (yavana) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
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{
"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"
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{
"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"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 8 2 16 10 30 10 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 5 1 12 12 37 12 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 12 36 12 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 10 58 10 10",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Demonyms",
"orig": "sa:Demonyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 59 10 10",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Ethnonyms",
"orig": "sa:Ethnonyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 59 10 10",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Nationalities",
"orig": "sa:Nationalities",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 100 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "People",
"orig": "sa:People",
"parents": [],
"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": [
"a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
"Scythians"
],
"id": "en-यवन-sa-noun-PWN~v9WO",
"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"
],
"id": "en-यवन-sa-noun-IuSxcOiA",
"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"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit masculine nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms borrowed from Ashokan Prakrit",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Old Persian",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"sa:Demonyms",
"sa:Ethnonyms",
"sa:Nationalities",
"sa:People"
],
"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:)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "inc-ash",
"3": "𑀬𑁄𑀦"
},
"expansion": "Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "peo",
"3": "𐎹𐎢𐎴",
"ts": "yauna"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /yauna/)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Ἴων",
"4": "",
"5": "an Ionian"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"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"
]
},
{
"form": "यवनः",
"roman": "yavanaḥ",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यवनौ",
"roman": "yavanau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "यवनाः",
"roman": "yavanāḥ",
"source": "declension",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यवनम्",
"roman": "yavanam",
"source": "declension",
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"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": [
"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"
}
],
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"a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
"a Greek, Ionian"
],
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[
"outsider",
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[
"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"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with quotations"
],
"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"
],
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"foreigner",
"foreigner"
],
[
"outsider",
"outsider"
],
[
"varna",
"varna"
],
[
"Scythian",
"Scythian"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a foreigner, an outsider not part of the four-tiers of varna",
"Arab, Muslim"
],
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[
"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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