yana

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UK, US/ˈjɑː.nə/

noun

Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.

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Meanings

yana1

nounyana (plural yanas)

plural yanas

  1. BuddhismAny of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.

    The Tibetan word for yana is thekpa, which means "that which lifts you up." Anything that lifts you up and takes you to your destination is a yana.

    2013, Chögyam Trungpa, chapter 1, in Judith L. Lief, editor, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion, volume 2

Yana2

proper noun
  1. A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána).
  2. A river in Sakha (Yakutia), Russia that rises near Verkhoyansk and flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.

Yana3

nounYana (plural Yanas or Yana)

plural Yanas

  1. A member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
proper noun
  1. The now extinct language of the Yana people, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.

    Synonyms: Yanan

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe now extinct language of the Yana people, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.

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Yanan

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nounthe language spoken by the Yana

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Yana languageYanan
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HokanHoka
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yanan

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Origin

yana · noun

Transliteration of Sanskrit यान (yāna, “vehicle”).

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Yana · proper noun

Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from Hebrew, feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).

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Yana · noun, proper noun

  1. ynnyana“person, people”
  2. EnglishYana

From Yana yana (“person, people”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 乘
  • 乘 (shèng)any of the three vehicles of Buddhist practice
French yâna
  • yânaany of the three vehicles of Buddhist practice
Vietnamese thừa
  • thừaany of the three vehicles of Buddhist practice

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yana

MontanaBotswanaghanaanadanaGuyananirvanaAmericanamanananaTijuanaiguanacabanapranaTiranaarcanakanaohanaAfricanabrewerianaDisneyanakatakanalianahiragana
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Anagrams

AnyaAyannyaa
Cite this entry
APA

yana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yana

MLA

“yana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yana. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yana,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yana.

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