यव
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- barley
- grain, cereal
- name for island of Java, whence came the English "Java"
- a unit of measurement of weight or length
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas (grain, barley, cereal) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (barley, cereal, spelt, grain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yéwos
Gloss
barley, cereal, spelt, grain
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
穀
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- zea Latin
- zēa Latin
- ζείδωρος Ancient Greek
- ζειά Ancient Greek
- *yewo- Proto-Indo-European
- *yéwos Proto-Indo-European
- क्षार Sanskrit
- चार Sanskrit
- टङ्कन Sanskrit
- यवसुरा Sanskrit
- सुरा Sanskrit
- eorna Irish
- क्षार Hindi
- खारा Hindi
- जई Hindi
- जौ Hindi
- ज्वार Hindi
- यवसुरा Hindi
- جستجو Persian
- جو Persian
- ماجراجو Persian
- Jawa Indonesian
- ջով Old Armenian
- çavdar Turkish
- eórna Old Irish
- eòrna Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- jawawut Malay
- စပါး Burmese
- စပါးလင် Burmese
- *eväs Proto-Finnic
- *jüvä Proto-Finnic
- *yeu- Proto-Celtic
- *yewos Proto-Celtic
- ક્ષારાતુ Gujarati
- ખાર Gujarati
- છારું Gujarati
- જવ Gujarati
- જવખાર Gujarati
- *yáwas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *zawa Proto-Austronesian
- *yáwas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- eórna Middle Irish
- *šwrk' Middle Persian
- 𑀔𑀸𑀭 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀚𑀯 Maharastri Prakrit
- *jewas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *yáwah Proto-Iranian
- ꦗꦼꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ Javanese
- जऊ Old Marathi
- 𑘕𑘅 Old Marathi
- खारउं Old Gujarati
- žo Kalasha
- खारा Bhojpuri
- یو Shina