यव

See also: युवा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley, cereal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (yauua), Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá), Old Irish eórna (whence Irish eorna (“barley”)), Lithuanian javaĩ, Persian جو‎ (jou).

Pronunciation

Noun

यव • (yáva) m

  1. barley
  2. grain, cereal
  3. name for island of Java, whence came the English "Java"
  4. a unit of measurement of weight or length

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of यव (yáva)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यवः
yávaḥ		 यवौ
yávau		 यवाः / यवासः¹
yávāḥ / yávāsaḥ¹
Vocative यव
yáva		 यवौ
yávau		 यवाः / यवासः¹
yávāḥ / yávāsaḥ¹
Accusative यवम्
yávam		 यवौ
yávau		 यवान्
yávān
Instrumental यवेन
yávena		 यवाभ्याम्
yávābhyām		 यवैः / यवेभिः¹
yávaiḥ / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms
  • यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “Java”, literally “island of barley”)
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