𐎹𐎢𐎴

Old Persian

An early 5th century BC relief of Ionian tribute bearers. This relief is from the eastern stairs leading to the Apadana at Persepolis.

Adjective

𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /Yauna/)

1. Ionian
2. Greek

Proper noun

𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /Yaunaʰ/)

1. Ionia
   • DNa 27-29

     𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹 𐏐 𐎸𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹 𐏐 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴
     𐏐 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 𐏐 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 𐏐 𐎹𐎢𐎴 𐏐 𐎿𐎣𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎹𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎱𐎼𐎭𐎼𐎹
     𐏐 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 𐏐 𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠 𐏐 𐎫𐎣𐎲𐎼𐎠 𐏐 𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎹𐎠

     : a-r-b-a-y : mu-u-d-r-a-y : a-r-mi-i-n
     : k-t-p-tu-u-k : s-p-r-d : y-u-n : s-k-a : t-y-i-y : p-r-d-r-y
     : s-ku-u-d-r : y-u-n-a : t-k-b-r-a : p-u-t-a-y-a

     /: Arabāya : Mudrāya : Armina
     : Katpatuka : Sparda : Yauna : Sakā : tayaiy : paradraya
      : Skudra : Yaunā : takabarā : Putāyā/

     
     [...] Arabia, Egypt, Armenia,
     Cappadocia, Lydia, Greece, the Scythians who are across the Sea,
     Thrace, the Greeks who wear shield-like hats, Libya [...]

Derived terms

• 𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎠 (y-u-n-a /⁠Yaunā⁠/)
• 𐎹𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹 (y-u-n-i-y /⁠Yauniya⁠/)

Descendants

• Middle Persian: *yōnān
  • Persian: یونان (yunân)
    • → Arabic: الْيُونَان (al-yūnān)
    • → Bengali: ইউনান (iunan)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: यूनान (yūnān)

      Urdu: یُونان (yunān)

    • → Old Anatolian Turkish: یونان (Yunan)
      • Ottoman Turkish: یونان (Yunan)
        • Turkish: Yunan
• → Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona)
  • → Pali: yona, yonā
  • → Sanskrit: यवन (yavana) (see there for further descendants)
• → Elamite:

  Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅀𒌋𒈾 (ia-u-na /⁠Yauna⁠/), 𒅀𒌋𒈾𒀊 (ia-u-na-ap /⁠Yaunap⁠/), 𒅀𒌋𒈾𒅁 (ia-u-na-ip /⁠Yaunaip⁠/), 𒄿𒅀𒌋𒈾𒅁 (i-ia-u-na-ip /⁠Iyaunaip⁠/)