As a Hindi name
याव · noun · masculine
जौ का सत्तू · लाख · महावर — Śabdasāgara
याव · adj
यव से बनाया हुआ । जौ का · यव संबंधी । यव का — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "याव" is य + -आव: य means "the twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आव forms abstract nouns (masc.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(8) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "याव" is यना + -आव: यना means "(dialec. or colloq.) = yā-nā, or yā-nahīṅ, 'or not.'", and the suffix -आव forms abstract nouns (masc.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(8) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. 3. yava, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) relating to or consisting of or prepared from barley
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yāva" is the vocative of "yāvan" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. yāva m. = 1. yava, TS.
2. yāva mf(ī)n. (fr. 3. yava, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) relating to or consisting of or prepared from barley, KātyŚr.
yāva m. a kind of food prepared from b˚, L.
3. yāva m. lac or the red dye prepared from the cochineal insect, Naiṣ.
yāva a. Relating to, consisting of (pb) or prepared from barley. — vaḥ 1 Food prepared from barley. 2 Lac, red dye.
1. yāvan m. (for 2. see p. 852, col. 3) a rider horseman, invader, aggressor, foe, R.
(ifc.) going, driving, riding (cf. akṣṇa-, agra-, eka-y˚ &c.)
Alternative readings
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