यावन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যাৱন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬵᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যাবন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယာဝန် (Burmese script)
• યાવન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਾਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦴꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂰𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಾವೝ (Kannada script)
• យាវន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍາວນ຺ (Lao script)
• യാവന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘰𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠸᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧑𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐵𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯାଵନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢵꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යාවන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩛𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚭𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• யாவந் (Tamil script)
• యావౝ (Telugu script)
• ยาวนฺ (Thai script)
• ཡཱ་ཝ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨊𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, ride, travel, go in, enter”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑ́ː.ʋɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.ʋɐn̪/

Noun

यावन् • (yā́van) stem, m

1. a rider, horseman
2. an invader, aggressor, foe

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of यावन्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यावा (yā́vā)	यावानौ (yā́vānau) यावाना¹ (yā́vānā¹)	यावानः (yā́vānaḥ)
vocative	यावन् (yā́van)	यावानौ (yā́vānau) यावाना¹ (yā́vānā¹)	यावानः (yā́vānaḥ)
accusative	यावानम् (yā́vānam)	यावानौ (yā́vānau) यावाना¹ (yā́vānā¹)	यौनः (yaúnaḥ)
instrumental	यौना (yaúnā)	यावभ्याम् (yā́vabhyām)	यावभिः (yā́vabhiḥ)
dative	यौने (yaúne)	यावभ्याम् (yā́vabhyām)	यावभ्यः (yā́vabhyaḥ)
ablative	यौनः (yaúnaḥ)	यावभ्याम् (yā́vabhyām)	यावभ्यः (yā́vabhyaḥ)
genitive	यौनः (yaúnaḥ)	यौनोः (yaúnoḥ)	यौनाम् (yaúnām)
locative	यौनि (yaúni) यावनि (yā́vani) यावन्¹ (yā́van¹)	यौनोः (yaúnoḥ)	यावसु (yā́vasu)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• यामन् (yā́man)
• यान (yā́na)
• याति (yā́ti)