# यु
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* यव् (yav)

### Alternative scripts

* যু (Assamese script)
* ᬬᬸ (Balinese script)
* যু (Bengali script)
* 𑰧𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀬𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ယု (Burmese script)
* યુ (Gujarati script)
* ਯੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌯𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦪꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂨𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಯು (Kannada script)
* យុ (Khmer script)
* ຍຸ (Lao script)
* യു (Malayalam script)
* ᠶᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘧𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᠶ᠋ᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧇𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐫𑐸 (Newa script)
* ଯୁ (Odia script)
* ꢫꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆪𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖧𑖲 (Siddham script)
* යු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩻𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚣𑚰 (Takri script)
* யு (Tamil script)
* యు (Telugu script)
* ยุ (Thai script)
* ཡུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒨𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨪𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ju/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ju/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw- (“to bind, hold”).

#### Root

यु • (yu)
* to unite, attach, harness, yoke, bind, fasten
* to draw towards one's self, take hold or gain possession of, hold fast
* to push on towards
* to confer or bestow upon, procure
* to worship, honor

##### Derived terms

* अयविष्ट (ayaviṣṭa)
* अयावि (ayāvi)
* अयीयवत् (ayīyavat)
* यविता (yavitā)
* यविष्यति (yaviṣyati)
* यविष्यते (yaviṣyate)
* यावयति (yāvayati)
* यियविषति (yiyaviṣati)
* यियावयिषति (yiyāvayiṣati)
* युते (yute)
* युत्वा (yutvā)
* युनाति (yunāti)
* युनीते (yunīte)
* युयविथ (yuyavitha)
* युयाव (yuyāva)
* युयुवे (yuyuve)
* युयूषति (yuyūṣati)
* युवति (yuvati)
* युवते (yuvate)
* युविता (yuvitā)
* यूयते (yūyate)
* यूयात् (yūyāt)
* योत्र (yotra, “a fastening, tie, rope”)
* योयवीति (yoyavīti)
* योयूयते (yoyūyate)
* योयोति (yoyoti)
* यौति (yauti)

##### See also

* युज् (yuj, “to join”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw- (“to separate”).

#### Root

यु • (yu)
* to separate, keep or drive away, ward off
* to exclude, protect from
* to keep aloof, to be or remain separated from

##### Derived terms

* युयोति (yuyóti)
* यावन (yāvana)
* यावयत् (yāvayat)
* युत् (yut)
* अवयु (avayu)
* युयोधि (yuyodhi)
* युयुधि (yuyudhi)
* युयोतम् (yuyotam)
* युयुतम् (yuyutam)
* युयोत (yuyota)
* युयोतन (yuyotana)
* युयोथास् (yuyothās)
* अयुवन्त (ayuvanta)
* यौस् (yaus)
* अयौषीत् (ayauṣīt)
* योषति (yoṣati)
* योषत् (yoṣat)
* यूषत् (yūṣat)
* यूयात् (yūyāt)
* यूयाताम् (yūyātām)
* यूयोत् (yūyot)
* यावीस् (yāvīs)
* योष्ठास् (yoṣṭhās)
* यवन्त (yavanta)
* अयावि (ayāvi)
* योतवे (yotave)
* योतवै (yotavai)
* योतोस् (yotos)
* यवयति (yavayati)
* यावयति (yāvayati)
* योयवीति (yoyavīti)
* अयोयवीत् (ayoyavīt)
* योयुवत् (yoyuvat)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0852/3, 0853/1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “यु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 132
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 402-4; 412
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 215-6