# योनि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /joː.niː/

### Noun

योनि • (yoni) f (Urdu spelling یونی)
* (anatomy) vagina
* (Hinduism) yoni

#### Derived terms

* योनि मैथुन (yoni maithun)
* योनि सेक्स (yoni seks)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* yoni (Latin script)
* 𑀬𑁄𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* যোনি (Bengali script)
* යොනි (Sinhalese script)
* ယောနိ or ယေႃၼိ (Burmese script)
* โยนิ (Thai script)
* ᨿᩮᩣᨶᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂຍນິ or ໂຢນິ (Lao script)
* យោនិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄠𑄮𑄚𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

योनि f
* Devanagari script form of yoni (“womb”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* योनी (yonī)

### Alternative scripts

* যোনি (Assamese script)
* ᬬᭀᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
* যোনি (Bengali script)
* 𑰧𑰺𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀬𑁄𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ယောနိ (Burmese script)
* યોનિ (Gujarati script)
* ਯੋਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌯𑍋𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦪꦺꦴꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂨𑂷𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಯೋನಿ (Kannada script)
* យោនិ (Khmer script)
* ໂຍນິ (Lao script)
* യോനി (Malayalam script)
* ᠶᠣᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘧𑘻𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧇𑧜𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐫𑑀𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଯୋନି (Odia script)
* ꢫꣂꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆪𑆾𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖧𑖺𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
* යොනි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩻𑩕𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚣𑚴𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
* யோநி (Tamil script)
* యోని (Telugu script)
* โยนิ (Thai script)
* ཡོ་ནི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒨𑒼𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨪𑨆𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yawni (“abode”) (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (huiiaona, “possessing good abodes”)), beyond which its origin is disputed. Van Beek adduces Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ) and εὖνις (eûnis) and furthermore ὑμήν (humḗn), rejecting the traditional equation to स्यूमन् (syū́man), and reconstructing a root reflected in यु (yu), युयोति (yuyóti).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /jɐw.ni/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈjoː.n̪i/

### Noun

योनि • (yóni) stem, m or f by sense
* the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation, (together with the lingam, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.184.1:विष्णु॒र्योनिं॑ कल्पयतु॒ त्वष्टा॑ रू॒पाणि॑ पिंशतु। आ सि॑ञ्चतु प्र॒जाप॑तिर्धा॒ता गर्भं॑ दधातु ते॥víṣṇuryóniṃ kalpayatu tváṣṭā rūpā́ṇi piṃśatu. ā́ siñcatu prajā́patirdhātā́ gárbhaṃ dadhātu te.May Viṣṇu construct the womb, may Tvaṣṭā fabricate the members, may Prajāpati sprinkle (theseed), may Dhātā cherish your embryo.
* place of birth, source, origin, spring, fountain
* place of rest (repository, receptacle, seat, abode, home, lair, nest, stable)
* family, race, stock, caste, the form of existence or station fixed by birth
* seed, grain
* mine
* a particular part of a firepit
* water
* copper
* of a particular verse or formula
* the regent of the nakṣatra- pūrvaphalgunī

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ယောနိ (yau:ni.)
* → English: yoni
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: योनि (yoni)
** Urdu: یونی (yonī)
* Nepali: योनि (yoni)
* → Tamil: யோனி (yōṉi)
* → Telugu: యోని (yōni)
* → Malayalam: യോനി (yōni)
* → Kannada: ಯೋನಿಯ (yōniya)
* Bengali: যোনি (jōni)
* Assamese: যোনি (züni)
* Punjabi: ਯੋਨੀ (yonī)
* Marathi: योनि (yoni)
* Konkani: योनि (yoni)
* Odia: ଯୋନୀ (joni)
* Sinhalese: යෝනි (yōni)
* → Thai: โยนี (yoo-nii)
* → Lao: ໂຍນີ (nyō nī)

### References

* ↑ van Beek, Lucien (2019) “A look into the Indo-European Bedroom: Vedic yóni- and Greek εὐνή”, in Historische Sprachforschung/Historical Linguistics, volume 132, →JSTOR, pages 4-34