यु

यु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬬᬸ (Balinese script)
• যু (Assamese script)
• যু (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌯𑍁 (Grantha script)
• યુ (Gujarati script)
• ਯੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦪꦸ (Javanese script)
• យុ (Khmer script)
• ಯು (Kannada script)
• ຍຸ (Lao script)
• യു (Malayalam script)
• 𑘧𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠤ (Mongolian script)
• ᠶᡠ (Manchu script)
• ယု (Burmese script)
• 𑧇𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଯୁ (Oriya script)
• ꢫꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖲 (Siddham script)
• යු (Sinhalese script)
• యు (Telugu script)
• ยุ (Thai script)
• ཡུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ju/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ju/

Root

यु • (yu)

1. to separate, keep or drive away, ward off
2. to exclude, protect from
3. to keep aloof

Derived terms

• युयोति (yuyóti)
• यावन (yāvana)
• यावयत् (yāvayat)
• युत् (yut)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0853.
• 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