yen
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /jɛn/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology 1
editFrom Medhurst[1] and Hepburn’s[2] romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese 圓 (en, “round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now 円 (en), from Chinese 銀圓/银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): 銀/银 (yín, “silver”) + 圓/圆 (yuán, “circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”).[3] Cognate with Chinese 元 (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean 원 (won, “North or South Korean won”). Doublet of won and yuan.
Noun
edityen (plural yen)
- The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
- 1872 February 24, “The Export of Rice”, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Political, Commercial, and Literary Journal, volume III, number 8, Yokohama: ジャパンメール新聞社 [Japan Meru Shinbunsha], →OCLC, page 95, column 1:
- Passing by those clauses of it which demand no notice, we arrive at that which provides that "each proposal (for purchase) must state the price per picul of rice in gold yen." But why in gold yen, a coin as yet so scarce as to be almost beyond the ken of the foreign merchant?
- 1906 March 28, G[opal] K[rishna] Gokhale, “Budget Speech, 1906”, in Speeches of the Honourable Mr. G. K. Gokhale, C.I.E., Madras: Published by G[anapathi] A[graharam] Natesan & Co., Esplanade, published [1908], →OCLC, pages 171–172:
- Does any one however believe that Japan's glorious achievements would have been possible, if the Government of that country had merely poured money like water on its standing battalions, unaugmented by reserves, and the magnificent spirit of every man, woman and child in that country had not been behind the Army to support it? Japan's ordinary budget for the Army is only about 37.3 millions yen, or a little under six crores of rupees.
- 2011, Rei Kimura, chapter 7, in Japanese Orchid, [Bangkok?]: Bangkok Books, →ISBN, page 38:
- Taking the cue from his neighbours, Paul fed three 1000 yen notes into a machine beside the TV screen and the silent screen immediately exploded into a kaleidoscope of colours and instructions in Japanese below at least twenty pictures of sexy girls. […] Paul hesitated staring intently at the screen and the waiting girl while the 3,000 yen he had fed into the machine steadily dwindled at the rate of 50 yen a minute.
- A coin or note worth one yen.
- 2003, Richard Werner, “Preface”, in Princes of the Yen: Japan’s Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN:
- When banks lend, they create money out of nothing, without withdrawing it from other parts of the economy. This way, fiscal policy would not have crowded out private-sector activity yen by yen, as actually happened.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2
editOrigin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese 癮/瘾 (jan5, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, 煙癮/烟瘾 (jin1 jan5) or 菸癮/烟瘾 (jin1 jan5): 煙/烟 (jin1), 菸/烟 (jin1, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen.[4]
Noun
edityen (plural yens)
- A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
- 1934, Lew Levenson, chapter XX, in Butterfly Man, New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, [1960?], →OCLC, page 208:
- She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."
- 1936 February, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up”, in Esquire[3]:
- Like most middle-westerners, I have never had any but the vaguest race prejudices—I always had a secret yen for the lovely Scandinavian blondes who sat on porches in St. Paul but hadn’t emerged enough economically to be part of what was then society.
- 1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 342:
- And Clocklan with a nurse for sure again. Always with nurses. Always with blonde hair. His maid has black and I guess he thrives on variety. And over there are some elderly ones with diamonds on their chests in lieu of the other things. Sometimes have a yen to get one of them in bed. Old age no object.
- 1999, Natalie Angier, “Of Hoggamus and Hogwash: Putting Evolutionary Psychology on the Couch”, in Woman: An Intimate Biography, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 382:
- If a fellow chooses to tell himself that his yen for the fetching young intern in his office and his concomitant disgruntlement with his aging wife's housekeeping lacunae make perfect Darwinian sense, who am I to argue with him?
- 1934, Lew Levenson, chapter XX, in Butterfly Man, New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, [1960?], →OCLC, page 208:
Translations
editVerb
edityen (third-person singular simple present yens, present participle yenning, simple past and past participle yenned)
- (transitive) To have a strong desire for.
- [1876, F[rancis] K[ildale] Robinson, A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Whitby (Series C. Original Glossaries, and Glossaries with Fresh Additions; IV), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill, →OCLC, page 227:
- Yenning, groaning, longing after.]
- 1953, Alfred Bester, “Who He?”, New York, N.Y.: Dial Press, →OCLC, page 205:
- "Listen, I'm in Tom Bleutcher's suite at The Brompton House. Been here the whole Almighty morning. Olga wants you to have lunch with us." / "Olga? Who's she?" / "His daughter. You made a big hit with her last time they was in town. Come on down." / "Get the new writer." / "I got no new writer. Anyway she yens for you. Come on down."
- 1992, Peter Jordan, “Acknowledgements”, in Re-Entry: Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home, Seattle, Wash.: YWAM Publishing, →ISBN:
- C. S. Lewis warned, "The yen to publish is spiritually dangerous." The "yen" in this case is spread around, so perhaps the danger is diminished! This book has been "yenned" into existence by many, and is a two-team effort ….
Translations
editEtymology 3
editFrom Mandarin 煙/烟 (yān), 菸/烟 (yān), or Cantonese 煙/烟 (jin1), 菸/烟 (jin1, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the earlier yen (“strong desire”) and later yen-yen.[5]
Noun
edityen (uncountable)
- (slang) Opium.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ W[alter] H[enry] Medhurst (1830) An English and Japanese, and Japanese and English Vocabulary: Compiled from Native Works, Batavia: [s.n.], →OCLC.
- ^ J[ames] C[urtis] Hepburn (1867) A Japanese and English Dictionary: With an English and Japanese Index, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC.
- ^ “Yen”, in 世界大百科事典 [Sekai dai Hyakka Jiten = Heibonsha World Encyclopedia], volume III, Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2007, →OCLC.
- ^ "yen, n.²", in the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "yen, n.³", in the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Anagrams
editBambara
editAdverb
edityen
See also
editBreton
editEtymology
editAdjective
edityen
- cold
- An dour zo yen.
- The water is cold.
Chinese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English yen, from Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityen
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) yen; Japanese monetary unit and coin
Synonyms
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityen m (plural yens)
- yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin.
French
editEtymology
editFrom Japanese.
Pronunciation
edit- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /jɛn/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: hyène (hyène can have aspirate or mute h, whereas yen is always "aspirate")
Noun
edityen m (plural yens)
- yen (currency)
Further reading
edit- “yen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido
editEtymology 1
editFrom Esperanto jen, from German jener.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
edityen
Conjunction
edityen
Synonyms
editPreposition
edityen
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
edityen (plural yen)
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese 圓 (“round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now 円 (en), from Chinese 銀圓/银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): 銀/银 (yín, “silver”) + 圓/圆 (yuán, “circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”).[1] Cognate with Chinese 元 (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean 원 (won, “North or South Korean won”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityen (first-person possessive yenku, second-person possessive yenmu, third-person possessive yennya)
References
edit- ^ “Yen”, in 世界大百科事典 [Sekai dai Hyakka Jiten = Heibonsha World Encyclopedia], volume III, Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2007, →OCLC.
Further reading
edit- “yen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
editRomanization
edityen
Koko-Bera
editPronoun
edityen (accusative yintéw, dative yintéw)
- you; second person singular pronoun, nominative case
References
edit- Paul Black (2008) “Pronominal Accretions in Pama-Nyungan”, in Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans, Luisa Miceli, editors, Morphology and Language History (in Koko-Bera), →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
edityen m (plural yenen)
References
edit- “yen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Papiamentu
editEtymology
editAdjective
edityen
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English yen or French yen.
Noun
edityen m (plural yeni)
- yen (currency)
Declension
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 円 (en).
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -en
Noun
edityen m (plural yenes)
Further reading
edit- “yen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish یك (yeñ, “sleeve”),[1][2][3] from Proto-Turkic *yeŋ (“sleeve”).[4][5][6]
- Azerbaijani yen
- Bashkir ең (yeñ)
- Chuvash ҫанӑ (śană)
- Crimean Tatar yeñ, енъ
- Gagauz en
- Karachay-Balkar женг (jeñ), дженг (ceñ)
- Karaim йин
- Karakhanid یَنكْ (yeŋ)
- Kazakh жең (jeñ)
- Khakas нің (nìñ)
- Kumyk енг (yeñ)
- Kyrgyz жен (jen)
- Salar yiñ
- Southern Altai јеҥ (ǰeŋ), дженг (dženg)
- Tatar җиң (ciñ), ciñ
- Turkmen ýeň
- Tuvan чең (çeñ)
- Uyghur يەڭ (yeng)
- Uzbek yeng
- Yakut сиэх (sieq)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityen (definite accusative yeni, plural yenler)
- sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)
- Kısa yenli bir gömlek. ― A shirt with short sleeves.
Etymology 2
editNoun
edityen (definite accusative yeni, plural yenler)
- yen (Japanese currency)
Etymology 3
editVerb
edityen
References
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یڭ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2205
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یڭ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1353
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “یڭ”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1550
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yéŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 940
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jegn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yen¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “yen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yen¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5288
Volapük
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edityen (nominative plural yens)
Declension
editZhuang
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /jeːn˧˥/
- Tone numbers: yen5
- Hyphenation: yen
Noun
edityen (1957–1982 spelling yen)
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