As a Hindi name
योनल · noun · masculine
यवनाल । ज्वार । मक्का या जोन्हरी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A sort of grain, (Andropogon or Holcus sorghum.) E. yava barley, and nala culm or stalk, the va of the first word changed to u, and u with the inherent vowel of ya changed to o.
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yonala m. = yava-nāla, L.
yonala m. (-laḥ) A sort of grain, (Andropogon or Holcus sorghum.) E. yava barley, and nala culm or stalk, the va of the first word changed to u, and u with the inherent vowel of ya changed to o.
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