जवन

{ javana }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

जवन  mfn.  mf( ई)n. ( g. दृढा-दि; oxyt. [Pāṇ. 3-2, 150]) quick, swift, fleet, [RV. i, 51, 2]; [ŚvetUp. iii, 19]; [MBh.] &c.
जवन  m.  m. a fleet horse, [L.]
a kind of deer, [L.]
N. of one of स्कन्द's attendants, [MBh. ix, 2577]
यव्°    pl. for q.v., [Kṣitîś.]
जवन  n.  n. speed, velocity, [PārGṛ. i, 17]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [MBh. iv, 1414]
जवन    cf. धी-ज॑व्°.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

जवन [javana] a.  a. (-नी f.) [जु भावे ल्युट्] Quick, swift, fleet; [R.9.56.]
नः A courser, a swift horse.
An elephant in the third decade; [Mātaṅga L.5.13.]
-नम्   Speed, quickness, velocity.

Shabda-Sagara

जवन  mfn.  ( -नः-ना-नी-नं) Quick, fleet.
 m.  ( -नः)
1. A courser, a fleet horse.
2. A country, Ionia Greece: see यवन.
3. A native of that country.
4. A sort of deer.
 n.  ( -नं) Speed, velocity.
 f.  ( -नी)
1. A screen surrounding a tent, a Kanat.
2. A drug.
E. जु to be quick affix ल्युट् or युच्, and fem. ङीष् or टाप्.

ROOTS:

जु ल्युट् युच् ङीष् टाप्