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yojana

yojana noun: a Vedic unit of distance used in ancient India, believed to be approximately 6 to 15 kilometers (4 to 9 miles).

Noun

yojana (plural yojanas)

  1. A Vedic unit of distance used in ancient India, believed to be approximately 6 to 15 kilometers (4 to 9 miles).

yojana meaning in Hindi and Gujarati

yojana in Hindi

yojana
योजन yojan

yojana in Gujarati

yojana, a distance of four villages
જોજન jojan

Forms of yojana

pluralyojanas
alternative formyojan

Origin of yojana

Borrowed from Sanskrit योजन (yojana).

Questions about yojana

What does yojana mean?
Yojana means a Vedic unit of distance used in ancient India, believed to be approximately 6 to 15 kilometers (4 to 9 miles).
What is yojana in Hindi?
Yojana in Hindi is योजन (yojan). See Yojana meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is yojana?
Yojana is a noun.
What is the plural of yojana?
The plural of yojana is yojanas.

Words near yojana in the dictionary

  1. Yoism
  2. yoit
  3. yoits
  4. Yojampa
  5. yojan
  6. yojana
  7. yojanas
  8. yojans
  9. yojijukugo
  10. yojijukugos
  11. Yojuane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yojana (page history and authors); योजन (Hindi) (page history and authors); જોજન (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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