यवनिका

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यवनिका (yavanikā), from यवन (yavan) +‎ -इका (-ikā) from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jəʋ.nɪ.kɑː/, [jɐʋ.nɪ.käː]

Noun

यवनिका • (yavnikā) f (Urdu spelling يونکا)

1. (formal) veil, curtain

   Synonym: (more common) परदा (pardā)

Declension

Declension of यवनिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यवनिका yavnikā	यवनिकाएँ yavnikāẽ
oblique	यवनिका yavnikā	यवनिकाओं yavnikāõ
vocative	यवनिका yavnikā	यवनिकाओ yavnikāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “यवनिका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “यवनिका”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “यवनिका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যৱনিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬯᬦᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• যবনিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰪𑰡𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀯𑀦𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ယဝနိကာ (Burmese script)
• યવનિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਯਵਨਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦮꦤꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂫𑂢𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಯವನಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• យវនិកា (Khmer script)
• ຍວນິກາ (Lao script)
• യവനികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᠸᠠᠨᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘪𑘡𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠸᠠᠨᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧊𑧁𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐰𑐣𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଯଵନିକା (Odia script)
• ꢫꢮꢥꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆮𑆤𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖪𑖡𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• යවනිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩾𑩯𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚦𑚝𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• யவநிகா (Tamil script)
• యవనికా (Telugu script)
• ยวนิกา (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཝ་ནི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒫𑒢𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨭𑨝𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From यवन (yavana) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.ʋɐ.n̪i.kɑː/

Noun

यवनिका • (yavanikā) stem, f

1. a Greek woman (Śak.)
2. cloth screen, stage curtain, veil (Kāv., BhP.)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of यवनिका (yavanikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यवनिका yavanikā	यवनिके yavanike	यवनिकाः yavanikāḥ
Vocative	यवनिके yavanike	यवनिके yavanike	यवनिकाः yavanikāḥ
Accusative	यवनिकाम् yavanikām	यवनिके yavanike	यवनिकाः yavanikāḥ
Instrumental	यवनिकया / यवनिका¹ yavanikayā / yavanikā¹	यवनिकाभ्याम् yavanikābhyām	यवनिकाभिः yavanikābhiḥ
Dative	यवनिकायै yavanikāyai	यवनिकाभ्याम् yavanikābhyām	यवनिकाभ्यः yavanikābhyaḥ
Ablative	यवनिकायाः / यवनिकायै² yavanikāyāḥ / yavanikāyai²	यवनिकाभ्याम् yavanikābhyām	यवनिकाभ्यः yavanikābhyaḥ
Genitive	यवनिकायाः / यवनिकायै² yavanikāyāḥ / yavanikāyai²	यवनिकयोः yavanikayoḥ	यवनिकानाम् yavanikānām
Locative	यवनिकायाम् yavanikāyām	यवनिकयोः yavanikayoḥ	यवनिकासु yavanikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Tamil: யவனிகை (yavaṉikai)
• → Hindi: यवनिका (yavnikā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यवनिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 848.