युवता
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
- যুৱতা (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬸᬯᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- যুবতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰲𑰪𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ယုဝတာ (Burmese script)
- યુવતા (Gujarati script)
- ਯੁਵਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦸꦮꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂳𑂫𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಯುವತಾ (Kannada script)
- យុវតា (Khmer script)
- ຍຸວຕາ (Lao script)
- യുവതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᡠᠸᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘳𑘪𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠤᠸᠠᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧔𑧊𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐸𑐰𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଯୁଵତା (Odia script)
- ꢫꢸꢮꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆶𑆮𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖲𑖪𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- යුවතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩒𑩾𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚰𑚦𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- யுவதா (Tamil script)
- యువతా (Telugu script)
- ยุวตา (Thai script)
- ཡུ་ཝ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒳𑒫𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨃𑨭𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥téh₂ (“youth”). Cognate with Latin iuventa, Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (junda). By surface analysis, युवन् (yuvan) + ता (tā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]युवता • (yuvatā) stem, f
- youth, youthfulness; the state of being young
- Synonym: यौवन (yauvana)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | युवता (yuvatā) | युवते (yuvate) | युवताः (yuvatāḥ) |
| vocative | युवते (yuvate) | युवते (yuvate) | युवताः (yuvatāḥ) |
| accusative | युवताम् (yuvatām) | युवते (yuvate) | युवताः (yuvatāḥ) |
| instrumental | युवतया (yuvatayā) युवता¹ (yuvatā¹) |
युवताभ्याम् (yuvatābhyām) | युवताभिः (yuvatābhiḥ) |
| dative | युवतायै (yuvatāyai) | युवताभ्याम् (yuvatābhyām) | युवताभ्यः (yuvatābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | युवतायाः (yuvatāyāḥ) युवतायै² (yuvatāyai²) |
युवताभ्याम् (yuvatābhyām) | युवताभ्यः (yuvatābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | युवतायाः (yuvatāyāḥ) युवतायै² (yuvatāyai²) |
युवतयोः (yuvatayoḥ) | युवतानाम् (yuvatānām) |
| locative | युवतायाम् (yuvatāyām) | युवतयोः (yuvatayoḥ) | युवतासु (yuvatāsu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “युवता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 855.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “युवता”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 247