यवनिका
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit यवनिका (yavanikā), from यवन (yavan) + -इका (-ikā) from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑁄𑀦 (yona), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /yauna/), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “an Ionian”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jəʋ.nɪ.kɑː/, [jəʋ.n̪ɪ.käː]
Noun
यवनिका • (yavnikā) f (Urdu spelling يونکا)
- (rare, formal) a curtain
- Synonym: (more common) परदा (pardā)
Declension
Declension of यवनिका (fem ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | यवनिका yavnikā | यवनिकाएँ yavnikāẽ |
| oblique | यवनिका yavnikā | यवनिकाओं yavnikāõ |
| vocative | यवनिका yavnikā | यवनिकाओ yavnikāo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “यवनिका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “यवनिका”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “यवनिका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬬᬯᬦᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- যৱনিকা (Assamese script)
- যবনিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰪𑰡𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀯𑀦𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌯𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- યવનિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਯਵਨਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦪꦮꦤꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- យវនិកា (Khmer script)
- ಯವನಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ຍວນິກາ (Lao script)
- യവനികാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘧𑘪𑘡𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠸᠠᠨᢈᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠶᠠᠸᠠᠨᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ယဝနိကာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧇𑧊𑧁𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐰𑐣𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଯଵନିକା (Oriya script)
- ꢫꢮꢥꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆮𑆤𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖪𑖡𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- යවනිකා (Sinhalese script)
- యవనికా (Telugu script)
- ยวนิกา (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཝ་ནི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒫𑒢𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From यवन (yavana) + -इका (-ikā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈjɐ.ʋɐ.n̪i.kɑː/
Noun
यवनिका • (yavanikā) f
- a Greek woman (Śak.)
- cloth screen, stage curtain, veil (Kāv., BhP.)
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of यवनिका (yavanikā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यवनिका yavanikā | यवनिके yavanike | यवनिकाः yavanikāḥ |
| Vocative | यवनिके yavanike | यवनिके yavanike | यवनिकाः yavanikāḥ |
| Accusative | यवनिकाम् yavanikām | यवनिके yavanike | यवनिकाः yavanikāḥ |
| Instrumental | यवनिकया / यवनिका¹ yavanikayā / yavanikā¹ | यवनिकाभ्याम् yavanikābhyām | यवनिकाभिः yavanikābhiḥ |
| Dative | यवनिकायै yavanikāyai | यवनिकाभ्याम् yavanikābhyām | यवनिकाभ्यः yavanikābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | यवनिकायाः yavanikāyāḥ | यवनिकाभ्याम् yavanikābhyām | यवनिकाभ्यः yavanikābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | यवनिकायाः yavanikāyāḥ | यवनिकयोः yavanikayoḥ | यवनिकानाम् yavanikānām |
| Locative | यवनिकायाम् yavanikāyām | यवनिकयोः yavanikayoḥ | यवनिकासु yavanikāsu |
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Descendants
- Tamil: யவனிகை (yavaṉikai)
- → Hindi: यवनिका (yavnikā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यवनिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 848.