Yavanani, Yavanānī: 6 definitions

Introduction:

Yavanani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

yavanānī (यवनानी).—f S The Arabic or Persian character.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yavanānī (यवनानी).—(यवनानां लिपिः, यवन-आनुक् ङीप् च (yavanānāṃ lipiḥ, yavana-ānuk ṅīp ca)] The writing of the Yavanas.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yavanānī (यवनानी):—[from yavana] f. the writing of the Yavanas, [Pāṇini 4-1, 49], [vArttika] 3, [Patañjali]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yavanani in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Yavanāni (ಯವನಾನಿ):—

1) [noun] the script of any foreign language.

2) [noun] a woman belonging to a foreign country, esp. to Greece or Turky.

3) [noun] a woman of Islam religion.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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