يونس yūnas HEB. (Heb. ) n. prop. Jonah.

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.

يمنا यमुना yamunā S s. f. The Yamunā or Ja- munā river. (In mythology, the personified river is considered as the daughter of Sūrya or the sun, and sister of Yama).

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.

ياوه yāwa P adj. 1. Absurd, vain, futile. 2. Lost, ruined. ياوه بکنا yāwa baknā, To talk nonsense.

يال yāl P s. f. A horseʼs mane.

يسار yasār P s. m. An unlucky person.

ياري yār-ī P s. f. 1. Friendship, love. 2. Assis- tance. 3. (commonly means) Intriguing.

يزدي yazd-ī P s. f. A sort of cloth made at Yazd.

يوسف yūsuf HEB. (Heb. from To add, Gen. xxx. 24.) n. prop. The patriarch Joseph.