See also: युवा

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas (barley, cereal), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (barley, cereal).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (yauua), Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá), Old Irish eórna (whence Irish eorna (barley)), Lithuanian javai̇̃, Persian جو (jow).

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Noun

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यव (yáva) stemm

  1. barley
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.27.8:
      गावो॒ यवं॒ प्रयु॑ता अ॒र्यो अ॑क्ष॒न्ता अ॑पश्यं स॒हगो॑पा॒श्चर॑न्तीः ।
      gā́vo yávaṃ práyutā aryó akṣantā́ apaśyaṃ sahágopāścárantīḥ.
      The freed kine eat the barley of the pious; I saw them as they wandered with the herdsman.
  2. grain, cereal
  3. name for island of Java, whence perhaps came the English "Java"
  4. a unit of measurement of weight or length

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of यव
singular dual plural
nominative यवः (yávaḥ) यवौ (yávau)
यवा¹ (yávā¹)
यवाः (yávāḥ)
यवासः¹ (yávāsaḥ¹)
accusative यवम् (yávam) यवौ (yávau)
यवा¹ (yávā¹)
यवान् (yávān)
instrumental यवेन (yávena) यवाभ्याम् (yávābhyām) यवैः (yávaiḥ)
यवेभिः¹ (yávebhiḥ¹)
dative यवाय (yávāya) यवाभ्याम् (yávābhyām) यवेभ्यः (yávebhyaḥ)
ablative यवात् (yávāt) यवाभ्याम् (yávābhyām) यवेभ्यः (yávebhyaḥ)
genitive यवस्य (yávasya) यवयोः (yávayoḥ) यवानाम् (yávānām)
locative यवे (yáve) यवयोः (yávayoḥ) यवेषु (yáveṣu)
vocative यव (yáva) यवौ (yávau)
यवा¹ (yávā¹)
यवाः (yávāḥ)
यवासः¹ (yávāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

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