Yuvan [Vedic yuvan; cf. Avesta yavan = Latin juvenis, Lithuanian jāunas young; Latin juvencus "calf"; juventus youth; Gothic junda, Old High German jugund and jung, English young. — The n.-stem is the usual, but later Pāli shows also declention after a-stem, e.g. genitive yuvassa Mhv 18, 28] a youth. — nominative singular yuvā D I 80 = yobbanena samannāgata Sv I 223; Snp 420; Dhp 280 (= paṭhama-yobbane ṭhita Dhp-a III 409); Pv III 7 1 (= taruṇa Pv-a 205). — Cf. yava, yuvin and yobbana. [BD]: Spanish: juven young, youngster; juventud youth.
yuvan a. [ yOtIti yuvA, yu-kanin Uṇ. 1. 154 ] ( yuvatiH -tI or yUti f. ; compar. yavIyas or kanIyas ; superl. yavizWa or kanizWa ) 1 Young, youthful, adult, arrived at puberty. 2 Strong, healthy. 3 Excellent, good. — m. ( nom. yuvA, yuvAnO, yuvAnaH , acc. pl. yUnaH , instr. pl. yuvaBiH &c.) 1 A young man, a youth; sA yUni tasminnaBilAzabaMrDaM SaSAka SAlInatayA na vaktuM R. 6. 81. 2 A younger descendant (the elder being still alive); jIvati tu vaMSye yuvA P. IV. 1. 163 ; I. 2. 65 , ( pb ) II. 4. 58 , IV. 1. 90. Comp. — Kalati a. ( tiH -tI f. ) bald in youth. — gaMqaH an eruption on the cheeks or face of young men. — jarat a. ( tI f. ) appearing old in youth, prematurely old. — rAj m. , — rAjaH an heirapparent, a prince-royal, crownprince; (asO) nfpeRa cakre yuvarAjaSabdaBAk R. 3. 35.