yavanaḥ

Dictionary meanings for yavanaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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yavanaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[yu-yuc] 1 A Greek, an Ioni- an.

2 Any foreigner, or barbarian; Ms. 10. 44; (the word is ap- plied at present to a Mahomedan or a European also).

3 A carrot.

4 Olibanum.

5 A courser or swift horse.

6 Speed.

7 Wheat.

8 A kind of grass. nāḥ (m. pl.) 1 The Ionians or Greeks.

2 The Greek astrologers. Comp. ariḥ N. of Kṛṣṇa. iṣṭaḥ 1. a kind of garlic.

2. a kind of onion.

3. the Nimba tree....

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