yana

See also: Yana, yaña, þana, and ya na

English

WOTD – 21 November 2014

Etymology

From Sanskrit यान (yāna, vehicle).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈjɑː.nə/

Noun

yana (plural yanas)

  1. (Buddhism) Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.
    • 2013, Chögyam Trungpa, edited by ‎Judith L. Lief, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion, volume 2, chapter 1
      The Tibetan word for yana is thekpa, which means "that which lifts you up." Anything that lifts you up and takes you to your destination is a yana.

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Japanese

Romanization

yana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of やな

Quechua

Adjective

yana

  1. black, black or blue

See also

Colors in Quechua · llimphikuna (layout · text)
     yuraq      uqi      titi, yana      allqa, ch'umpi
                          puka              killmu, willapi, aruma
(see also: q'illu)
             q'illu
                          q'umir, waylla                           qhusi
                          anqas                           kulli, sañi

Noun

yana

  1. partner, counterpart, boyfriend or girlfriend
  2. a kind of bee

Usage notes

Not to be confused with yaña.

Declension

See also


Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jAn-.

Adverb

yana

  1. again

Synonyms


Waray-Waray

Adverb

yanâ

  1. now; at present; today
  2. since
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