As a Hindi name
यापन · noun · masculine
विख्यात करना । प्रसिद्ध करना · व्यक्त करना । खोजना । उदूघाटित करना · अपराध स्वीकार करना — Śabdasāgara
यापन · noun · masculine
[वि॰यापित, याप्य] · चलाना । वर्तन · व्यतीत करना । बिताना । जैसे, कालायापन — Śabdasāgara
यापन · yāpan · s.m.
Causing to go; driving away, expelling; expulsion, ejection; removal — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1247
Cited formation "यापन" is या + -पन: या means "or", and the suffix -पन forms abstract nouns (masc.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(10) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "यापन" is यापना + -न: यापना means "चलाना । हाँकना", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
causing time to pass away, delay, procrastination
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Dictionary citations
yā˚pana mfn. causing to go or pass away, bringing to an end, BhP.
mitigating, alleviating, curing (as an injection), Car.
prolonging or supporting life, MBh.
yā˚pana m. (with saṃgha) N. of a partic. Jaina sect, Bhadrab.
yā˚pana n. and f(ā). causing to go, driving away, L.
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