𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀡 (juāṇa)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀦 (*yuvāna).

Noun

𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡 (juvāṇa) m (Devanagari जुवाण, Kannada ಜುವಾಣ, feminine 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻) (Jain Maharastri)

1. a young person
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 246:

     𑀫𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀅𑀁-𑀯 𑀧𑀻𑀅𑀁 𑀢𑁂𑀡 𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀏
     𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀳𑀮𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸𑀓𑀟𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀅𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 𑀚𑀮𑀁 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡

     māmi hiaaṃ-va pīaṃ teṇa juāṇeṇa majjamāṇāe
     ṇhāṇahaliddākaḍuaṃ aṇusŏtta jalaṃ piaṃteṇa

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Mother, that young man who downriver drank the water
       That was bitter with my turmeric soap, has as good as drunk my heart.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁄 (juvāṇo)	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā)
Accusative	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀁 (juvāṇaṃ)	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂 (juvāṇe) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā)
Instrumental	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡 (juvāṇeṇa) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (juvāṇeṇaṃ)	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (juvāṇehi) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (juvāṇehiṃ)
Dative	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀅 (juvāṇāa)	—
Ablative	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀑 (juvāṇāo) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀉 (juvāṇāu) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (juvāṇāhi) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (juvāṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (juvāṇassa)	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡 (juvāṇāṇa) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (juvāṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (juvāṇammi) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂 (juvāṇe)	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (juvāṇesu) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (juvāṇesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡 (juvāṇa) or 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā)	𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀸 (juvāṇā)

Related terms

• 𑀚𑀼𑀯 (juva)

Descendants

• Hindustani: juvān

  Hindi: जुवान

  Urdu: جُوان (juvān)

• Sinhalese: යොන (yona, “woman, young woman”)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “जुवाण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “juvāṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 608