यव
See also: युवा
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley, cereal”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá), Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (yauua), Old Irish eórna (Irish eorna (“barley”)), Lithuanian javaĩ, Persian جو.
Pronunciation
Noun
यव • (yáva) m
- barley
- grain, cereal
- name for island of Java, whence came the English "Java"
- a unit of measurement of weight or length
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of यव | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | यवः (yavaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | यवस्य (yavasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यवः (yavaḥ) | यवौ (yavau) | यवाः (yavāḥ) |
| Vocative | यव (yava) | यवौ (yavau) | यवाः (yavāḥ) |
| Accusative | यवम् (yavam) | यवौ (yavau) | यवान् (yavān) |
| Instrumental | यवेन (yavena) | यवाभ्याम् (yavābhyām) | यवैः (yavaiḥ) |
| Dative | यवाय (yavāya) | यवाभ्याम् (yavābhyām) | यवेभ्यः (yavebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | यवात् (yavāt) | यवाभ्याम् (yavābhyām) | यवेभ्यः (yavebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | यवस्य (yavasya) | यवयोः (yavayoḥ) | यवानाम् (yavānām) |
| Locative | यवे (yave) | यवयोः (yavayoḥ) | यवेषु (yaveṣu) |
Derived terms
- यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “Java”, literally “island of barley”)
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