यायावर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यायावर (yāyāvara).

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Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /jɑː.jɑː.ʋəɾ/, [jäː.jäː.ʋɐɾ]

Adjective

यायावर • (yāyāvar) (indeclinable)

nomadic, wandering
चीन की महाप्राचीर का निर्माण यायावर आक्रांताओं से बचाव के लिए किया गया था।
cīn kī mahāprācīr kā nirmāṇ yāyāvar ākrāntāõ se bacāv ke lie kiyā gayā thā.
The Great Wall of China was built in order to defend against the nomadic invaders.

Noun

यायावर • (yāyāvar) m

nomad, wanderer
Synonyms: घुमंतू (ghumantū), फिरंदर (phirandar), बंजारा (bañjārā), ख़ानाबदोश (xānābdoś)

Declension

Declension of यायावर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यायावर yāyāvar	यायावर yāyāvar
oblique	यायावर yāyāvar	यायावरों yāyāvarõ
vocative	यायावर yāyāvar	यायावरो yāyāvaro

Derived terms

यायावरी (yāyāvarī)
- यायावरी-वृत्ति (yāyāvarī-vŕtti)

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “यायावर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “यायावर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Sanskrit

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