यातु
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यातु (yātú). Doublet of जादू (jādū).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
यातु • (yātu) m (rare, formal)
- one who goes or wanders
- a demon, rakshasa
- witchcraft, black magic
Declension edit
Declension of यातु (masc u-stem)
References edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “यातु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “यातु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Verb edit
यातु
- Devanagari script form of yātu, third-person singular imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- যাতু (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬵᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- যাতু (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰯𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ယာတု (Burmese script)
- યાતુ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਾਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦴꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂰𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಾತು (Kannada script)
- យាតុ (Khmer script)
- ຍາຕຸ (Lao script)
- യാതു (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘰𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧑𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐵𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଯାତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢵꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆳𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖯𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- යාතු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩛𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚭𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- யாது (Tamil script)
- యాతు (Telugu script)
- ยาตุ (Thai script)
- ཡཱ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒰𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨊𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš (“magic, witchcraft, sorcery”), from *yeh₁-tú-s (“sorcery”) from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“to do, make, act vigorously”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬙𐬎 (yātu), Old Persian [script needed] (yātu) (whence Persian جادو (jâdu, “magic”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
यातु • (yātú) stem, m
- witchcraft, black magic
- a kind of evil spirit, demon
Declension edit
Masculine u-stem declension of यातु (yātú) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यातुः yātúḥ |
यातू yātū́ |
यातवः yātávaḥ |
Vocative | यातो yā́to |
यातू yā́tū |
यातवः yā́tavaḥ |
Accusative | यातुम् yātúm |
यातू yātū́ |
यातून् yātū́n |
Instrumental | यातुना / यात्वा¹ yātúnā / yātvā́¹ |
यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām |
यातुभिः yātúbhiḥ |
Dative | यातवे / यात्वे¹ yātáve / yātvé¹ |
यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām |
यातुभ्यः yātúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | यातोः / यात्वः¹ yātóḥ / yātváḥ¹ |
यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām |
यातुभ्यः yātúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | यातोः / यात्वः¹ yātóḥ / yātváḥ¹ |
यात्वोः yātvóḥ |
यातूनाम् yātūnā́m |
Locative | यातौ yātaú |
यात्वोः yātvóḥ |
यातुषु yātúṣu |
Notes |
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
यातु • (yātu)
- third-person singular imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “Yātú, Yā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0849.