# यान
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यान (yāna).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /jɑːn/, [jä̃ːn]

### Noun

यान • (yān) m
* vehicle, coach

#### Hyponyms

* गाड़ी (gāṛī)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यान (yāna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jan/

### Noun

यान • (yān) n
* vehicle
    Synonym: गाडी (gāḍī)
* coach
* carriage

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* yāna (Latin script)
* 𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* যান (Bengali script)
* යාන (Sinhalese script)
* ယာန or ယႃၼ (Burmese script)
* ยาน or ยานะ (Thai script)
* ᨿᩣᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ຍານ or ຍານະ or ຢານະ (Lao script)
* យាន (Khmer script)
* 𑄠𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

यान n
* Devanagari script form of yāna (“conveyance”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* যান (Assamese script)
* ᬬᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
* যান (Bengali script)
* 𑰧𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ယာန (Burmese script)
* યાન (Gujarati script)
* ਯਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌯𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦪꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂨𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಯಾನ (Kannada script)
* យាន (Khmer script)
* ຍານ (Lao script)
* യാന (Malayalam script)
* ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘧𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧇𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐫𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଯାନ (Odia script)
* ꢫꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆪𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖧𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
* යාන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩻𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚣𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
* யாந (Tamil script)
* యాన (Telugu script)
* ยาน (Thai script)
* ཡཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒨𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨪𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂-nom, from *yeh₂- (“to go”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *ěxati (“to travel”). The Sanskrit root is या (yā, “to go, proceed”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /jɑ́ː.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈjɑː.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

यान • (yāna) stem
* leading, conducting (said of a road)

#### Declension
### Noun

यान • (yā́na) stem, n
* carriage, vehicle, mode of transport
* moving, journey, travel
* going, moving, riding, marching to or upon or against
* (Buddhism) figuratively and metaphorically, the modes or methods of religious practice that "convey" practitioners on "journeys" towards their spiritual goal, normally translated as vehicle

#### Derived terms

* अभियान (abhiyāna)
* उद्यान (udyāna)
* कारयान (kārayāna)
* मन्त्रयान (mantrayāna)
* महायान (mahāyāna)
* तन्त्रयान (tantrayāna)
* बसयान (basayāna)
* वज्रयान (vajrayāna)
* श्रावकयान (śrāvakayāna)
* सूत्रयान (sūtrayāna)
* हीनयान (hīnayāna)

#### Related terms

* यामन् (yā́man)
* याति (yā́ti)
* यावन् (yā́van)

#### Descendants

* → Khmer: យាន (yiən, “conveyance”)
* → Kannada: ಯಾನ (yāna, “carriage, vehicle”)
* → Hindi: यान (yān, “carriage, coach”)
* → Malayalam: യാനം (yānaṁ, “carriage, vehicle”)
* → Marathi: यान (yān, “carriage, vehicle”)
* → Pali: yāna (“conveyance”)
** → Burmese: ယာဉ် (yany, “conveyance”)
*** → Shan: ယဵၼ်ႇ (yàen, “conveyance”)
** → Thai: ยาน (yaan, “conveyance”)
* → Tamil: யானம் (yāṉam, “carriage, vehicle”)
* → Telugu: యానము (yānamu, “carriage, vehicle”)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “YĀ¹ (> yā́na- n. Fahrt)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 407-8

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “यान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 849/3.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “yāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.