यवान

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यवान  mfn.  a mfn. quick, swift, [L.] ( prob. w.r. for जवान).
यवान    b See above.

Shabda-Sagara

यवान  mfn.  ( -नः-नी-नं) Swift, fleet.
 f.  ( -नी)
1. A plant, (Ligusticum ajwaen.)
2. Bad barley.
E. यव speed, नी to possess, prefix अञ्, and aff. ड; also

ROOTS:

यव नी अञ् ड;

with कन् added, fem. form यवानिका .