The corpus record — Sanskrit

yāvān

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 2 · 2.33/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 5 · 1.07/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. yäva-

yäva- m. Getreide, Korn, Feldfrucht, Gerste (RV +); ydvamanım. Getreidebauer, n. Fülle von Getreide (RV), yavayu- nach Korn verlangend (RV 8,78,9), yaväsir- eine Zumischung von Korn habend (vom Soma; RV [vgl. ZimmerAiLl 279); s. auch unten. - Mi., nu., dard., ni., pä. yava- m. Gerste, usw. (Tu 10431 {mit Verweisen]; TuAdd 10431, 10434[ab]). - lir., jav. yauua- m. Getreide, mp. np. Jaw, paräli Zö Gerste, oss. iron … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. yäva-, p. 432]

2. يَثَ

1. yava m. the first half of a month (generally in pl. ; accord. to Comm. = pūrvapakṣāḥ; also written yāva), VS. ; ŚBr. ; Kāṭh.

3. يَثَ

3. yava m. barley (in the earliest times, prob. any grain or corn yielding flour or meal; pl. barley-corns), RV. &c. &c.

4. yāvan

1. yāvan m. (for 2. see p. 852, col. 3 ) a rider horseman, invader, aggressor, foe, R.

5. yāvan

( ifc. ) going, driving, riding ( cf. akṣṇa, agra, ekay &c.)

6. yāva

2. yāva mf(ī)n. ( fr. 3. yava, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp. ) relating to or consisting of or prepared from barley, KātyŚr.

7. yāvan

2. yāvan (for 1. See p. 850, col. 1 ), in ayāvan, q.v.

In the wild

yāvān Bhagavad Gita 18.55
yāvān Bhagavad Gita 2.46
yāvān Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.13
yāvān Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_6,4.3
yāvan Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,14.2
yāvan Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,15.1

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. yäva (vol. 2, scan p. 432; entry #3409). Root candidates: *euo-.

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