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यु

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw- (to bind, hold).

Root

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यु (yu)

  1. to unite, attach, harness, yoke, bind, fasten
  2. to draw towards one's self, take hold or gain possession of, hold fast
  3. to push on towards
  4. to confer or bestow upon, procure
  5. to worship, honor
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw- (to separate).

Root

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यु (yu)

  1. to separate, keep or drive away, ward off
  2. to exclude, protect from
  3. to keep aloof, to be or remain separated from
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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0852/3, 0853/1.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “यु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 132
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 402-4; 412
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 215-6