यौवन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यौवन (yauvana).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jə̯u.ʋən/, [jɐ̯u.ʋɐ̃n]

Noun

यौवन • (yauvan) m

youth
अपने यौवन में मैं बहुत ग़ुस्सा करता था।
apne yauvan mẽ ma͠i bahut ġussā kartā thā.
In my youth I used to be quite hot-headed.
(literally, “In my own youth I used to scold a lot.”)

Declension

Declension of यौवन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यौवन yauvan	यौवन yauvan
oblique	यौवन yauvan	यौवनों yauvanõ
vocative	यौवन yauvan	यौवनो yauvano

Derived terms

अज्ञातयौवना (ajñātyauvnā)
अप्राप्तयौवन (aprāptayauvan)
ज्ञातयौवना (jñātyauvnā)
नवयौवन (navyauvan)
प्राप्तयौवन (prāptayauvan)
यौवनक (yauvnak)
यौवनकाल (yauvankāl)
यौवनदर्प (yauvandarp)
यौवनप्राप्त (yauvnaprāpt)
यौवनप्राप्ता (yauvnaprāptā)
यौवनस्थ (yauvnasth)
सत्ययौवन (satyayauvan)
स्थिरयौवन (sthiryauvan)

Related terms

युवक (yuvak, “a youth”)

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “यौवन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

যৌৱন (Assamese script)
ᬬᭁᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
যৌবন (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰻𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑁅𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ယော်ဝန (Burmese script)
યૌવન (Gujarati script)
ਯੌਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦪꦻꦴꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂨𑂸𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಯೌವನ (Kannada script)
យៅវន (Khmer script)
ເຍົາວນ (Lao script)
യൗവന (Malayalam script)
ᠶᠣᠣᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘧𑘼𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠣᠧᠸᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧇𑧝𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑑁𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
ଯୌଵନ (Odia script)
ꢫꣃꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆿𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖻𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
යෞවන (Sinhalese script)
𑩻𑩘𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚣𑚵𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
யௌவந (Tamil script)
యౌవన (Telugu script)
เยาวน (Thai script)
ཡཽ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒾𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨪𑨈𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of युवन् (yuvan, “young”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑːw.ʋɐ.nɐ́/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑw.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

यौवन • (yauvaná) stem, n

youth, youthfulness
adolescence, puberty
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of यौवन (yauvaná)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यौवनम् yauvanám	यौवने yauvané	यौवनानि / यौवना¹ yauvanā́ni / yauvanā́¹
Vocative	यौवन yaúvana	यौवने yaúvane	यौवनानि / यौवना¹ yaúvanāni / yaúvanā¹
Accusative	यौवनम् yauvanám	यौवने yauvané	यौवनानि / यौवना¹ yauvanā́ni / yauvanā́¹
Instrumental	यौवनेन yauvanéna	यौवनाभ्याम् yauvanā́bhyām	यौवनैः / यौवनेभिः¹ yauvanaíḥ / yauvanébhiḥ¹
Dative	यौवनाय yauvanā́ya	यौवनाभ्याम् yauvanā́bhyām	यौवनेभ्यः yauvanébhyaḥ
Ablative	यौवनात् yauvanā́t	यौवनाभ्याम् yauvanā́bhyām	यौवनेभ्यः yauvanébhyaḥ
Genitive	यौवनस्य yauvanásya	यौवनयोः yauvanáyoḥ	यौवनानाम् yauvanā́nām
Locative	यौवने yauvané	यौवनयोः yauvanáyoḥ	यौवनेषु yauvanéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀅𑀡 (joaṇa)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਜੋਬਨ (joban), ਜੋਬਣ (jobaṇ)
Pali: yobbana
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀡 (jovvaṇa)
- Hindi: जोबन (joban)
→ Hindi: यौवन (yauvan)
→ Kannada: ಯೌವನ (yauvana)

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