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The corpus record — Sanskrit

yonim

m

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. yöni-

yöni- m. Sitz, Stätte, Heimstätte, Aufenthaltsort, Heimat, Mutterleib, Schoß, u.a. (RV + [seit AV auch f.; AiGr 11 2,740]; zum Semantischen s. Renou, EVP 15 [1966] 129 [mit Aufgabe von Früherem], 16 11967) 42 [mit Lit.}, 127, 157, D. Maggi, SSL 16 {1976} 174 Anım. 34); in Kompp. °yond- (vgl. dur-yona- [0.1733], *su-yond- > syond-) neben ’yoni- (AV sata-y° u.a.); yonyd- etwa: schoßartig, einen Schoß bildend (RV … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. yöni-, p. 447]

2. يْنِ

yoni m. f. (in RV. only m. ; sometimes also f(yonī). ; fr. √ 2. yu) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation, RV. &c. &c. (together with the liṅga, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy, RTL. 224 )

3. يْنِ

place of rest, repository, receptacle, seat, abode, home, lair, nest, stable, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr.

4. يْنِ

family, race, stock, caste, the form of existence or station fixed by birth ( e.g. that of a man, Brāhman , animal &c.; ifc. = belonging to the caste of), Mn. ; MBh. &c.

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. yöni (vol. 2, scan pp. 447-448; entry #3499). Root candidates: *yaoni-.

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