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yugāni

yuga

nt nom pl of yuga (noun); nt acc pl of yuga (noun); nt voc pl of yuga (noun)

1. yoke
2. pair; set of two
3. engagement; encounter; conflict; lit. yoke
4. generation; age-group (of)
5. measure of length (9 vidatthi = 1 yuga)

Built from

• yug — root · join, yoke
  From PIE *yewg-. The root originally denotes the physical act of fitting a yoke to oxen; metaphorically it comes to mean any joining or pairing.
• a — ending · masculine/neuter gender
  Thematic vowel marking the nominative singular stem; -āni is the regular neuter plural ending (nominative, accusative, vocative).

Etymology. From Indo-European *yewg- 'to join, yoke together'. Cognate with Sanskrit yuga, Latin iugum 'yoke', English yoke, Greek zygon 'yoke'. The concrete sense of a wooden frame joining oxen extends to any pairing or joining, hence 'pair', 'age' (a period joined or bound together), and the unit of measurement.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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