As a Hindi name
यावन · noun · masculine
लोबान — Śabdasāgara
यावन · adj
यवन संबंधी । यवन का । जैसे, यावनी भाषा । यावनी सेना — Śabdasāgara
यावन · yāvan · adj.
See the pop. form jāmnī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1248
Cited formation "यावन" is याव + -न: याव means "जौ का सत्तू", 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
(fr. yavana; for 2. and 3. See p. 853, col. 1) born or produced in the land of the Yavanas
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M3 · meaning shifts "yāvana" is derived from "yāvan" with the aṇ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.)
1. yāvana mf(ī)n. (fr. yavana; for 2. and 3. See p. 853, col. 1) born or produced in the land of the Yavanas, Prāyaśc.
yāvana m. olibanum, L.
Dictionary citations
1. yāvana mf(ī)n. (fr. yavana; for 2. and 3. See p. 853, col. 1) born or produced in the land of the Yavanas, Prāyaśc.
yāvana m. olibanum, L.
2. yāvana n. (fr. Caus.; for 1. See p. 852, col. 3; for 3. below) keeping off, removing, Nir.; Sāy.
3. yāvana n. (fr. Caus.) uniting, joining, mixing (see a-y˚).
yāvana a. (nī f.) [yabana-aṇ, yuṇic lyu vā] Belonging to the Yavanas; na vade dyāvanīṃ bhāṣāṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṃṭhagatairapi Subhāṣ. — naḥ Incense. — naṃ Mixing, mingling.
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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