ياچنا yāchnā S̱. v. a. See جاچنا jāchnā.

يارانه yār-āna P adv. Friendly.

يرغا yarg̠ẖā P. (from يرغ or يراغ) s. m. 1. An amble (pace of a horse). يرغا چلانا yarg̠ẖā cha- lānā, To amble. 2. Name of a bird.

يقيناً yaḳīnaṉ A adv. Certainly, assuredly, infal- libly.

يکيس yakīs S̱. adj. (dakh.) Twenty one: see اکيس ikkīs.

يله yala P 1. s. Liberation; free. 2. adj. Crooked. 3. Absurd, vain. 4. s. A bad woman. 5. adj. Alone, single, solitary.

ي yā called ياي حطي yā-e-ḥut̤t̤ī, or ياي مثنات تحتاني yā-e-mus̤annāt-i-taḥtānī, the twenty-eighth letter of the Arabic and thirty-second of the Per- sian alphabet, corresponds to य in Sanskrit. When appropriated to denote a number, it stands for ten. In almanacks it represents Jupiter, or the sign Aquarius. It is like ا and و one of the ḥurūf-i-iﻌllat, or weak letters, being like the English y sometimes a consonant and sometimes a vowel. In the for- mer case, it is one of the palatine letters, sounding like y in youth. In Sanskrit, the य may be pronounced either like y or j; and in words derived from that language ज is generally sub- stituted for य. When ي sākin or quiescent is preceded immediately by a consonant sounded with kasr, they denote the long vowels ī or e; and, when by one pronounced with fatʼḥa, the dipthong ai. If the first sound is denoted, the ي is called ياي معروف yā-e-maﻌrūf; if the se- cond, ياي مجہول yā-e-majʼhūl; and, if the third, ياي ساکن ماقبل مفتوح yā-e-sākin mā ḳabl maftūḥ. It is considered homogenous with ḳasr; and a quiescent ي never follows the vowel ẓamm. After a madda, or simple long vowel, a ي is quite silent or very nearly so; as, in خوي ḵẖū, The disposition, جاي jā, A place: and, in these cases it is often omitted in writing. It is changed in Arabic (1) into ٴ hamza, as, بائيع bāʼịﻌ for بايع bāyiﻌ, A seller: (2) into ا alif; as باع bāʼaﻌ, for بيع bayaʼaﻌ, He sold: (3) into و as طوبي t̤ūbạ̄, Agreeable, for طيبي: (4) into ت as اتّسريتّسر ittasara, yattasiru, for ايتسرييتسر ītasara, yaita- siru, He played with dice, he may play with dice: (5) into ج as فقيمج fuḳaimaj, for فقيمي fuḳaimī, One of the tribe فقيم fuḳaim. It is sometimes substituted for ا as يرمغان yarma-

يوگني योगिनी yoginī S s. f. See جوگني joginī.

يافت yāft P (from يافتن) s. f. Perquisite, earnings, gains, income, profit.

يکا yak-kā P. 1. adj. Single, solitary. 2. s. m. The ace (at cards). 3. A one-horse chaise. 4. A trooper who serves alone. 5. adj. Unique, unequalled. يکا تاز yakkā-tāz, Singly attacking (the foe); the phenix or hero (of the age). يکا سپاهي yakkā-sipāhī, A single soldier.