यु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• यव् (yav)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যু (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬸ (Balinese script)
• যু (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ယု (Burmese script)
• યુ (Gujarati script)
• ਯੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಯು (Kannada script)
• យុ (Khmer script)
• ຍຸ (Lao script)
• യു (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଯୁ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖲 (Siddham script)
• යු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚰 (Takri script)
• யு (Tamil script)
• యు (Telugu script)
• ยุ (Thai script)
• ཡུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ju/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ju/

Etymology 1

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

Root

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

Derived terms

• अयविष्ट (ayaviṣṭa)
• अयावि (ayāvi)
• अयीयवत् (ayīyavat)
• यविता (yavitā)
• यविष्यति (yaviṣyati)
• यविष्यते (yaviṣyate)
• यावयति (yāvayati)
• यियविषति (yiyaviṣati)
• यियावयिषति (yiyāvayiṣati)
• युते (yute)
• युत्वा (yutvā)
• युनाति (yunāti)
• युनीते (yunīte)
• युयविथ (yuyavitha)
• युयाव (yuyāva)
• युयुवे (yuyuve)
• युयूषति (yuyūṣati)
• युवति (yuvati)
• युवते (yuvate)
• युविता (yuvitā)
• यूयते (yūyate)
• यूयात् (yūyāt)
• योयवीति (yoyavīti)
• योयूयते (yoyūyate)
• योयोति (yoyoti)
• यौति (yauti)

 

Etymology 2

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

Root

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

Derived terms

• युयोति (yuyóti)
• यावन (yāvana)
• यावयत् (yāvayat)
• युत् (yut)
• अवयु (avayu)
• युयोधि (yuyodhi)
• युयुधि (yuyudhi)
• युयोतम् (yuyotam)
• युयुतम् (yuyutam)
• युयोत (yuyota)
• युयोतन (yuyotana)
• युयोथास् (yuyothās)
• अयुवन्त (ayuvanta)
• यौस् (yaus)
• अयौषीत् (ayauṣīt)
• योषति (yoṣati)
• योषत् (yoṣat)
• यूषत् (yūṣat)
• यूयात् (yūyāt)
• यूयाताम् (yūyātām)
• यूयोत् (yūyot)
• यावीस् (yāvīs)
• योष्ठास् (yoṣṭhās)
• यवन्त (yavanta)
• अयावि (ayāvi)
• योतवे (yotave)
• योतवै (yotavai)
• योतोस् (yotos)
• यवयति (yavayati)
• यावयति (yāvayati)
• योयवीति (yoyavīti)
• अयोयवीत् (ayoyavīt)
• योयुवत् (yoyuvat)

 

References

• 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