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)
- to unite, attach, harness, yoke, bind, fasten
- to draw towards one's self, take hold or gain possession of, hold fast
- to push on towards
- to confer or bestow upon, procure
- 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)
- योत्र (yotra, “a fastening, tie, rope”)
- योयवीति (yoyavīti)
- योयूयते (yoyūyate)
- योयोति (yoyoti)
- यौति (yauti)
See also
- युज् (yuj, “to join”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw- (“to separate”).
Root
यु • (yu)
- to separate, keep or drive away, ward off
- to exclude, protect from
- 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