(p. 890) yuktākṣara (gr.) a compound or conjunct letter. 53)

(p. 895) yēna & con. as, like; as if; so that; that (প্রার্থনা করি যেন সুখী হও); taking care that (টাকা হারায় না যেন); accepting that or supposing that (তাই যেন হল); I am failing to recollect just now (কী যেন নাম). কী যেন তাকে বল what do you call him or her. কী যেন তার নাম what's his (or her or its) name. যেন-তেন প্রকারে, যেন-তেন প্রকারেণ somehow; by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul; negligently or perfunctorily. 12)

(p. 889) yantraṇā pain, pang; agony; affliction, suffering; anguish; torment, torture; a trouble, a pest. যন্ত্রণা দেওয়া v. to pain; to agonize; to afflict; to torment; to torture. যন্ত্রণা পাওয়া v. to be pained or agonized; to be afflicted, to suffer; to be tormented or tortured. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. painful; agonising; afflicting; tormenting, torturing; troublesome, pestering. 7)

(p. 895) yēmana & con. as like; for instance, for example. adv. & con. as much or as like, as; just as, as soon as. int. expressing mild surprise or contradiction or contempt (তুমিও যেমন). যেমনই a. & con. as, like. □ adv. & con. same as যেমন (adv. & con.) যেমন-তেমন a. of any sort or kind; trifling, of a sort. যেমনতেমন করে adv. in a haphazard manner, in a random or slipshod or designless fashion. যেমনি var. of যেমনই । যেমন কর্ম তেমন ফল as one has brewed, so one will drink; as you sow, so you reap; rightly served. 14)

(p. 895) yūpa a wooden framework to which the neck of a sacrificial victim is fixed at the time of immolation (also যূপকাষ্ঠ). ̃কাষ্ঠ same as যূপ । 6)

(p. 894) yuṭi a pair, a couple, a brace; one of a pair, a partner (টেনিসে লিয়েন্ডারের যুটি ভূপতি). 6)

(p. 889) yabasurā malt liquor. 18)

(p. 896) yautuka a dowry; a portion; a present or gift given at the time of certain sacramental ceremonies. যৌতুক দেওয়া v. to bestow a dowry upon, to dower, to give a present. ̃প্রথা n. the dowry system. ̃হীন a. portionless. 31)

(p. 896) yōgī a yogi; an ascetic; one who practises ardently (কর্মযোগী). যোগীন্দ্র, যোগীশ্বর n. the greatest yogi or the lord of yogis; Shiva (শিব). 12)

(p. 890) yamālaẏa the city or abode of Yama (যম) or death; hell. যমালয়ে পাঠানো বা দেওয়া v. to send to the jaws of death; to kill. যমালয়ে যাওয়া v. to die; to be killed; to go to hell; to be condemned to hell; to be damned. 7)

(p. 889) yadyapi even if, if perforce; although, even though. 6)

(p. 890) yābat & con. as long (as). □ con. till, until; during, for. a. all, entire, whatever. 40)

(p. 890) yamaja twin-born, twin. 4)

(p. 890) yaṣṭi a stick; a staff; a walking-stick; a rod; a wand (জাদুযষ্টি); a crutch (খঞ্জের যষ্টি); a prop (অন্ধের যষ্টি); a twig. যষ্টিপ্রহার করা v. to cudgel, to flagellate. ̃মধু n. liquorice. 11)

(p. 887) yajña a Vedic sacrifice; a religious sacrifice, an oblation, a sacrifice; a burntoffering; (fig.) a great and pompous affair or ceremony. ̃কর্ম n. sacrificial rite. ̃কুণ্ড n. a pit in which the sacrificial fire is made. ̃ডুমুর n. a variety of large figs. ̃ধূম n. the smoke of sacrificial fire. ̃পশু n. a sacrificial beast, a victim. ̃পাত্র, ̃স্হালী n. a sacrificial vessel. ̃বেদি n. a sacrificial altar, an altar. ̃ভূমি, ̃শালা, ̃স্হল, ̃স্হান n. a place of sacrifice. ̃সূত্র same as উপবীত । যজ্ঞাগ্নি, যজ্ঞানল n. the sacrificial fire. যজ্ঞীয় a. sacrificial. যজ্ঞেশ্বর n. the lord of religious sacrifices; Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). যজ্ঞোপবীত same as উপবীত । 12)