यत्न

Hindi

Alternative forms

• यतन (yatan), जतन (jatan), जत्न (jatna)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यत्न (yatna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jət̪.nᵊ/, [jɐt̪̚.nᵊ], /jə.t̪ən/, [jɐ.t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

यत्न • (yatna) m

1. effort, attempt

   Synonyms: प्रयास (prayās), प्रयत्न (prayatna), कोशिश (kośiś)

2. pain, assiduity, exertion

Declension

Declension of यत्न (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यत्न yatna	यत्न yatna
oblique	यत्न yatna	यत्नों yatnõ
vocative	यत्न yatna	यत्नो yatno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “यत्न”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যত্ন (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬢ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
• যত্ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰝𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀢𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ယတ္န (Burmese script)
• યત્ન (Gujarati script)
• ਯਤ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦠ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂞𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಯತ್ನ (Kannada script)
• យត្ន (Khmer script)
• ຍຕ຺ນ (Lao script)
• യത്ന (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᢠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘝𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦽𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐟𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଯତ୍ନ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢡ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆠𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖝𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
• යත‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩫 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚙𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
• யத்ந (Tamil script)
• యత్న (Telugu script)
• ยตฺน (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཏྣ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒞𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨙𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root यत् (yat) +‎ -न (-na).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐt.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐt̪.n̪ɐ/

Noun

यत्न • (yatna) stem, m

1. activity of will, volition, aspiring after
2. performance, work
3. effort, exertion, energy, zeal, trouble, pains, care, endeavour after
4. a special or express remark or statement

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यत्न

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यत्नः (yatnaḥ)	यत्नौ (yatnau) यत्ना¹ (yatnā¹)	यत्नाः (yatnāḥ) यत्नासः¹ (yatnāsaḥ¹)
vocative	यत्न (yatna)	यत्नौ (yatnau) यत्ना¹ (yatnā¹)	यत्नाः (yatnāḥ) यत्नासः¹ (yatnāsaḥ¹)
accusative	यत्नम् (yatnam)	यत्नौ (yatnau) यत्ना¹ (yatnā¹)	यत्नान् (yatnān)
instrumental	यत्नेन (yatnena)	यत्नाभ्याम् (yatnābhyām)	यत्नैः (yatnaiḥ) यत्नेभिः¹ (yatnebhiḥ¹)
dative	यत्नाय (yatnāya)	यत्नाभ्याम् (yatnābhyām)	यत्नेभ्यः (yatnebhyaḥ)
ablative	यत्नात् (yatnāt)	यत्नाभ्याम् (yatnābhyām)	यत्नेभ्यः (yatnebhyaḥ)
genitive	यत्नस्य (yatnasya)	यत्नयोः (yatnayoḥ)	यत्नानाम् (yatnānām)
locative	यत्ने (yatne)	यत्नयोः (yatnayoḥ)	यत्नेषु (yatneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यत्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 841.