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Yapparunkalakkarikai

Yapparunkalakkarikai (யாப்பருங்கலக்காரிகை) is a classical Tamil prosody treatise in 44 verses by the Jaina scholar Amitacakarar, composed in the 10th or early 11th century and transmitted with a commentary by Kunacakarar.

Yappu

Yappu (யாப்பு) is the traditional Tamil system of prosody, the branch of Tamil grammar governing meter and versification, described in treatises such as the Tolkappiyam and the 10th-century Yapparunkalam.

Yaqeen Ka Safar (یقین کا سفر)

Yaqeen Ka Safar (یقین کا سفر) is a 2017 Hum TV Pakistani drama adapted from Farhat Ishtiaq's novel, directed by Shahzad Kashmiri, starring Sajal Aly and Ahad Raza Mir as Zubia and Dr Asfandyar, 29 episodes, noted for themes of justice and women's autonomy.

Yara Shahidi

Yara Shahidi (Yara Sayeh Shahidi), American actress and producer born 2000 in Minneapolis, plays Zoey Johnson on black-ish and grown-ish, founded 7th Sun Productions and WeVoteNext, and graduated from Harvard in 2022.

Yard of ale

Yard of ale: a trumpet-shaped beer glass about one yard (90 cm) long with a bulb at the closed end, also called yard glass or long glass; holds roughly two to three pints and is the basis of a traditional British pub drinking challenge.

Yardie (2018 film)

Yardie (2018) is Idris Elba's feature directorial debut, a British crime drama adapted from Victor Headley's 1992 novel, following courier D from 1970s Kingston to 1980s Hackney; premiered at Sundance 2018.

Yarichin Bitch Club (ヤリチン☆ビッチ部)

Yarichin Bitch Club (ヤリチン☆ビッチ部) is a school boys' love comedy manga by Ogeretsu Tanaka, serialized on Pixiv and published by Gentosha Comics, adapted into a 2018 GRIZZLY OAD with the theme song Touch You.

Yarn

Yarn is a long, continuous strand of textile fibers or filaments twisted or bonded together, linking raw fiber to finished fabric through weaving, knitting, braids, ropes, and cords.

Yarn bombing

Yarn bombing, also called guerrilla knitting or yarn storming, is street art attaching knitted or crocheted items to public objects. Started by Magda Sayeg in Houston, 2005, with crew Knitta Please; often unsanctioned, tied to craftivism.

Yarn weight

Yarn weight classifies yarn by strand thickness, not ball weight. The US Craft Yarn Council system uses categories 0–7 defined by gauge; UK and Australian ply names (4-ply, 8-ply, aran) differ, and wraps per inch identifies unlabeled yarn.

Yaroslav Sumishevsky

Yaroslav Sumishevsky (Ярослав Сумишевский) is a Russian estrada and shanson singer, born in 1983 on Sakhalin, founder of the internet project «Народный Махор» and a performer on Channel One's «Три Аккорда».

Yarra Valley

Yarra Valley: cool-climate wine region east of Melbourne, Victoria's first wine region, planted 1838, revived 1960s. GI registered 1996; 2,837 ha; Pinot Noir and Chardonnay lead; grapes averaged $2,535/t in 2026.

Yasak Elma

Yasak Elma (Forbidden Fruit) is a Turkish Fox TV drama (2018, MedYapım, six seasons, 177th and final episode) about scheming high-society women Ender and Yıldız, notable for RTÜK censorship orders and international format sales.

Yasaka Shrine

Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社), long known as Gion-sha, is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto's Gion district, origin of the Gion Festival and head of roughly 2,300 branch shrines.

Yaşar

Yaşar is a Turkish pop singer born in 1970 in Adana, whose gold 1996 debut album Divane and its song "Kumralım" made him a defining romantic-pop voice of 1990s Turkey.

Yaşar Kemal

Yaşar Kemal, born Kemal Sadık Göğceli (1923–2015), was a leading Turkish novelist who drew on oral tradition; his debut novel İnce Memed (1955) won international fame.

Yash (ಯಶ್) (actor)

Yash (ಯಶ್), born Naveen Kumar Gowda in 1986, is a Kannada-film actor turned pan-India star via K.G.F Chapters 1 and 2; also producer-writer of Toxic (2026) and Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana.

Yash Chopra (यश राज चोपड़ा)

Yash Chopra (यश राज चोपड़ा), 1932–2012, Indian director and producer, founder of Yash Raj Films (1970), known as the King of Romance; directed Deewaar, Chandni, Darr, Veer-Zaara; Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2001, Padma Bhushan 2005.

Yash Dasgupta

Yash Dasgupta (यश दासगुप्ता), officially Debashish Dasgupta, is an Indian actor born 1985 in Kolkata, known for Bojhena Se Bojhena and Gangster, who contested Chanditala for the BJP in the 2021 West Bengal election.

Yash Raj Films (यश राज फ़िल्म्स)

Yash Raj Films (यश राज फ़िल्म्स, YRF) is a Mumbai-based Indian film production and distribution studio founded by Yash Chopra in 1970, now led by Aditya Chopra, known for DDLJ, the Dhoom and Spy Universe franchises, and full vertical integration.

Yash Tonk (यश टोंक)

Yash Tonk (यश टोंक), real name Yashpal Tonk, is an Indian actor from Haryana known for Kaahin Kissii Roz (2001-2004), Balaji serials, Nach Baliye 2 runner-up, and films like Jai Ho and Rocky Handsome.

Yashe Talks About Eating

Yashe Talks About Eating (雅舍谈吃) is a 1985 collection of food essays by Chinese essayist Liang Shiqiu, recalling the foods of his youth in old Beiping.

Yashika Aannand

Yashika Aannand (Yaashika Aanand; யாஷிகா ஆனந்த்), born 1999 in New Delhi, is a Tamil film actress and model known for Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016), Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018), and 5th place on Bigg Boss Tamil Season 2.

Yashoda (film)

Yashoda is a 2022 Indian medical thriller in Telugu and Tamil, directed by Hari Shankar and Harish Narayan and starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and Unni Mukundan.

Yashodhara

Yashodhara (यशोधरा) is a 1932 Hindi narrative poem by Maithili Sharan Gupt, the Rashtrakavi, retelling the Buddha's renunciation from the viewpoint of his abandoned wife Yashodhara.

Yashodhara Charite

Yashodhara Charite (ಯಶೋಧರ ಚರಿತೆ) is a Kannada Jain narrative poem composed by the poet Janna in 1209, telling how a king, his mother, and his wife suffer violent rebirths.

Yashpal

Yashpal (यशपाल, 1903–1976) was an Indian Hindi writer and revolutionary who bombed the Viceroy's train in 1929 and later wrote the acclaimed Partition novel Jhootha Sach.

Yashpal Sharma (यशपाल शर्मा) (actor)

Yashpal Sharma (यशपाल शर्मा), also known as Yashpal, is an Indian actor from Hisar, Haryana, an NSD graduate known as Lakha in Lagaan, for villain roles in Gangaajal and Apaharan, TV's Mera Naam Karegi Roshan, and directing National Award-winning Dada Lakhmi.

Yashraj

Yashraj, stage name of Yashraj Mehra, is a Mumbai-based Indian hip-hop rapper and composer known for Dhundhla, Ishq Nachawe, and EPs Azaad Hu Mein, 3P, and Meri Jaan Pehle Naach, with collaborations including KSHMR and Karan Kanchan.

Yasir Hussain (یاسر حسین)

Yasir Hussain (یاسر حسین), born 1984, is a Pakistani actor, screenwriter, and director known for Anwar Maqsood stage plays and the film Karachi Se Lahore.