yana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yana"

English

WOTD – 21 November 2014

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit यान (yāna, vehicle).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈjɑː.nə/
    • (file)

Noun

yana (plural yanas)

  1. (Buddhism) Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.
    • 2013, Chögyam Trungpa, chapter 1, in Judith L. Lief, editor, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion, volume 2:
      The Tibetan word for yana is thekpa, which means "that which lifts you up." Anything that lifts you up and takes you to your destination is a yana.

Translations

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

yana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of やな

Javanese

Romanization

yana

  1. Romanization of ꦪꦤ

Masbatenyo

Adverb

yanâ

  1. now; today

Quechua

Adjective

yana

  1. black, black or blue

See also

Colors in Quechua · llimphikuna (layout · text)
     yuraq      uqi      titi, yana
             puka; panti              killmu, willapi, aruma
(see also: q'illu); allqa, ch'umpi
             q'illu
                          q'umir, waylla             
             qhusi              uqi              anqas
             panti              panti; kulli, sañi,             

Noun

yana

  1. partner, counterpart, boyfriend or girlfriend
  2. a kind of bee

Usage notes

Not to be confused with yaña.

Declension

See also

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English yonder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈja.na/

Adverb

yana

  1. there, yonder

Swahili

Verb

yana

  1. ji-ma class subject inflected plural present affirmative of -wa na

Turkish

Noun

yana

  1. dative singular of yan

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yan-. Compare Turkish yine (again).

Adverb

yana

  1. again

Synonyms

Waray-Waray

Adverb

yanâ

  1. now; at present; today
  2. since
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