As a Hindi name
यावक · noun · masculine
जौ · यव या जौ का सत्तू · वह वस्तु जो जौ से बनाई गई हो — Śabdasāgara
यावक · yāvak · s.m.
A kind of food prepared from barley, barley-gruel — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1248
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a partic. food prepared from barley
Verified derivationMultiple readings (12)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "yāvaka" is derived from "yāva" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
1. yāvaka m. n. a partic. food prepared from barley, Gaut.
yāvaka n. grains of b˚, MBh. (Nīlak.)
Dictionary citations
1. yāvaka m. n. a partic. food prepared from barley, Gaut.
yāvaka n. grains of b˚, MBh. (Nīlak.)
yāvaka m. (-kaḥ) 1 Half-ripe barley. 2 Awnless barley. 3 Forced rice. 4 A sort of kidney-bean, (Phaseolus.) 5 A kind of pulse, (Dolichos biflorus.) 6 A kind of pulse said to be peculiar to Kashmir. 7 Lac. E. yu to mix, aff. vun, and aṇ added, or yāva as above, pleonastic aff. kan.
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.
Alternative readings
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