As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
connection, union
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yūni" is the locative of "yuvan" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "yūni" is the vocative plural of "yū" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "yūni" is the vocative plural of "yu" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
yūni f. connection, union, L.
yūni f. (-niḥ) Joining, union, junction. E. yu to join or mix, aff. ktin, na substituted for the final, and the vowel made long.
yuvan mf(yūnī, or yuvatī or yuvati, q.v.)n. (prob. fr. √ 2. yu) young, youthful, adult (applied to men and animals), strong, good, healthy, RV. &c. &c.
yuvan m. a youth, young man, young animal (in Veda often applied to gods, esp. to Indra, Agni, and the Maruts), ib.
yū m. (or f.) soup, pease-soup, broth (= yūṣa), L.
yū f. (-yūḥ) The water in which pulse, &c. has been boiled, pease-soup, &c. E. yu to mix, aff. kvip, and vowel made long.
1. yu (cf. √ yuch) cl. 3. P. yuyoti (Impv. 2. sg. yuyodhi, RV.; yuyudhi, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 88, Sch.; 2. du. yuyotam or yuyutam, RV.; 2. pl. yuyota or ˚tana, ib.; Ā. Subj. 2. sg. : yuyothās, ib.; Ā. impf. 3. pl. ayuvanta, AV.; aor. P. yaus, ayauṣīt; Subj. yoṣati, yoṣat, RV.; yūṣat, AV.; yūyāt, yūyātām, Br.; yūyot, RV.; yāvīs, ib.; Ā. yoṣṭhās, Br.; yavanta, RV.; Pass. ayāvi, ib.; inf. yotave, ˚tavai, ˚tos, ib.; -yāvam, AV.), to separate, keep or drive away, ward off (acc.), exclude or protect from (abl.), RV.; AV.; VS.; Br.; to keep aloof, to be or remain separated from (abl.), RV.; AV.; ŚāṅkhŚr. : Caus. yavayati or yāvayati, to cause to separate or remove or keep off &c., RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr. : Intens. yoyavīti (impf. ayoyavīt ; p. yoyuvat), to retreat back, recede, RV.; to be rent, gape asunder, ib.; to keep off from (abl.), MaitrS.
2. yu (cf. √ yuj) cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 23) yauti (Ved. also Ā. yute and cl. 6. yuvati, ˚te; accord. to Dhātup. xxxi, 9 also cl. 9. yunāti, yunīte; pf. yuyāva, 2. sg. yuyavitha, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 126, Sch.; yuyuve, RV.; aor. -yāviṣṭam (?), ib.; ayaviṣṭa Gr.; Prec. yūyāt, ib.; fut. yuvitā, ŚBr.; yavitā, yaviṣyati, ˚te Gr.; ind.p. yutvā, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 11, Sch.; -yūya, RV.; -yutya, GṛŚrS.), to unite, attach, harness, yoke, bind, fasten, RV.; to draw towards one's self, take hold or gain possession of, hold fast, AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; to push on towards (acc.), AV.; to confer or bestow upon (dat.), procure, RV.; (yauti), to worship, honour, Naigh. iii, 14 : Pass. yūyate (aor. ayāvi) Gr.: Caus. yāvayati (aor. ayīyavat), ib. : Desid. of Caus. yiyāvayiṣati, ib. : Desid. yuyūṣati (RV.), yiyaviṣati (Gr.), to wish to unite or hold fast: Intens. yoyūyate, yoyoti, yoyavīti &c. (see ā-, ni-√ yu).
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