yū̃ adv [better] यों q. v.

yatna mc effort [अत्यन्त utmost, अंतिम last, कड़ा strenuous, सम्मिलित united]; ~ करना to try; इतने प्रयत्नों के बाद after so many --s; सारा ~ विफल गया the entire -- was in vain. [also प्रयत्न, syn. कोशिश]

yuvāvasthā fu youth: अपनी ~ में in his --; ~ ढल रही है -- is declining. [syn. जवानी]

yuvā a youth [आंदोलन movement, संगठन organization]; ~ पीढ़ी young generation; ~ स्त्री youthful woman. [syn. जवान]

yahī˜ adv at this very place, here itself: वह ~ आ जाएगा he'll come --; ~ -कहीँ somewhere --.

yār mc (a) friend, companion; यारों का ~ a friend of friends, a very intimate --. [= दोस्त q. v.]. (b) paramour, lover: लड़की का ~ -- of the girl. [Too colloquial]

yuddha-kāl mu war-time; ~ में during the --.

yathā I. conj as, thus, for instance: व्यंजन जुड़ सकते हैं, ~ प्त, स्व, क्र consonants can combine, -- pt, sv, kr. 2. adv as, alike: ~ राजा तथा प्रजा as is the king so are the subjects, like master like men. ~ पूर्व as before; ~- शक्‍ित as far as possible, ~ शीघ्र as soon as; ~ संभव as far as possible; ~ साध्य as far as practical; ~ स्थान at proper place.

yuddha-bandī mc prisoner of war; हज़ाऱों ~ लाये गये thousands of prisoners of war were brought; युद्धबंदियों का कैंप/शिविर camp for --s. [syn. जंगी क़ैदी]

yodddhā mc [from युद्ध] warrior [पुराना old, क्रूर savage, वीर dauntless]; महाभारत के ~ --s of the Mahabharat; योद्धाओं का बलिदान sacrifice by the --s.