As a Hindi name
याचना · yāćanā · s.f.
See the pop. form jāćanā — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1247
याचना · yāćnā · v.t.
& int. = جاچنا jāćnā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1247
याचना · feminine
soliciting; entreaty
Śabdasāgara also records: सं॰ [सं॰ याचन] प्राप्त करने के लिये विनती करना । प्रार्थना करना । माँगना
Cited formation "याचना" is याचना + -ना: याचना means "soliciting", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "याचना" is याचन + -आ: याचन means "सं॰ [सं॰ याचन] प्राप्त करने के लिये विनती करना । प्रार्थना करना । माँगना", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi याचना — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit याचना (yācanā). Doublet of जाचना (jācnā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yācanā f. asking, soliciting, request, petition, entreaty for or solicitation of (comp.), R.; Kālid. &c. (˚nām-√ kṛ, to fulfil a request).
yācanaṃ -nā [yāc-lyuṭ] 1 Asking, begging, entreating, soliciting. 2 A request, an entreaty, a petition; yācanā mānanāśāya; (pb) vadhyatāmabhayayācanāṃjaliḥ R. 11. 78.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
asking, soliciting, request, petition, entreaty for or solicitation of (comp.), &c. (˚nām-√ kṛ, to fulfil a request).
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yācanā" is the feminine form of "yācana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
yācanā f. asking, soliciting, request, petition, entreaty for or solicitation of (comp.), R.; Kālid. &c. (˚nām-√ kṛ, to fulfil a request).
yācanaṃ -nā [yāc-lyuṭ] 1 Asking, begging, entreating, soliciting. 2 A request, an entreaty, a petition; yācanā mānanāśāya; (pb) vadhyatāmabhayayācanāṃjaliḥ R. 11. 78.
yācanā f. (-nā) Asking, begging. E. yāca to ask, aff. yuc.
yācana n. begging, soliciting, asking (also in marriage), ŚārṅgP.; Sāh.; Vet.
Alternative readings
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