Assamese
Etymology
From Early Assamese যেন (jeno), borrowed from Sanskrit: येन (yena), the instrumental singular of यद् (yad).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
যেন • (zen)
- as, like
- as if
Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit येन (yena), the instrumental singular of यद् (yad).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
যেন • (jeno)
- as, like
- how, as if
- so that
- be sure that
আর দেখ, বাড়ির ভিতর নিয়ে যাস না যেন- ar dekh, baṛir bhitor niẏe jaś na jen
- And look, be sure that you don't take it into the house.
- certainly
- suppose that, given that
References
- Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “যেন”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
Pali
Alternative scripts
- yena (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- येन (Devanagari script)
- යෙන (Sinhalese script)
- ယေန or ယေၼ (Burmese script)
- เยน or เยนะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ເຍນ or ເຍນະ or ເຢນະ (Lao script)
- យេន (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
যেন (m)
- Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)
Pronoun
যেন (n)
- Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)
Noun
যেন
- Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “the Pali letter 'y'”)