युग

See also: योग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit युग (yugá). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jʊɡ/

Noun

युग • (yug) m

  1. age, epoch

Declension
Declension of युग
Singular Plural
Direct युग (yug) युग (yug)
Oblique युग (yug) युगों (yugõ)
Vocative युग (yug) युगो (yugo)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yugám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yugám (compare Avestan 𐬫𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (yuua), Persian یوغ‎ (ǰuɣ)), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón), Latvian jūgs, Old Church Slavonic иго (igo), Latin iugum, Old English ġeoc (whence English yoke).

Pronunciation

Noun

युग • (yugá) n

  1. yoke, team
  2. pair, couple, brace
  3. a race of men, generation
  4. a period or astronomical cycle of 5 (rarely 6) years, a lustrum (especially in the cycle of Jupiter)
  5. an age of the world, long mundane period of years
  6. a measure of length
  7. a symbolical name for the numbers 4 and 12
  8. name of a particular position or configuration of the moon

Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of युग (yugá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative युगम्
yugám		 युगे
yugé		 युगानि / युगा¹
yugā́ni / yugā́¹
Vocative युग
yúga		 युगे
yúge		 युगानि / युगा¹
yúgāni / yúgā¹
Accusative युगम्
yugám		 युगे
yugé		 युगानि / युगा¹
yugā́ni / yugā́¹
Instrumental युगेन
yugéna		 युगाभ्याम्
yugā́bhyām		 युगैः / युगेभिः¹
yugaíḥ / yugébhiḥ¹
Dative युगाय
yugā́ya		 युगाभ्याम्
yugā́bhyām		 युगेभ्यः
yugébhyaḥ
Ablative युगात्
yugā́t		 युगाभ्याम्
yugā́bhyām		 युगेभ्यः
yugébhyaḥ
Genitive युगस्य
yugásya		 युगयोः
yugáyoḥ		 युगानाम्
yugā́nām
Locative युगे
yugé		 युगयोः
yugáyoḥ		 युगेषु
yugéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

Monier Monier-Williams (accessed 2008-02-13), “Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎

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