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adolescence meaning in Sanskrit

यौवन yauvaná

/ˌædəˈlɛsəns/

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Australia/ˌædəˈlesəns/

adolescence in Sanskrit: यौवन (yauvaná). In English, adolescence means the transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).

Sanskrit words for adolescence

adolescence, puberty
यौवन yauvaná

English meaning of adolescence

  1. noun The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).

Full definition of adolescence

adolescence in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom
  • During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.

Synonyms of adolescence

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Questions about adolescence in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of adolescence in Sanskrit?
Adolescence in Sanskrit is यौवन (yauvaná).
adolescence इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Adolescence: यौवन (yauvaná).
What does adolescence mean in English?
Adolescence means the transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “adolescence”: यौवन. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: adolescence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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