یۆد

See also: يود and يؤد

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit युद्ध (yuddhá). Cognate with Hindustani جُدھ (judh) / जुध (judh), Punjabi ਜੁੱਧ (juddha) / جدھ (judh), Gujarati જુધ (judh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yod/

Noun

یۆد • (yod) m (Devanagari यॊद)

1. war, battle
   • 1987, Harikrishna Kaul, ناٹُک کٔرِو بَنٛد:

     پرَٛبھوٗ! اَگَر سیٖتا ماتایہِ تیٛاگ دیُٛن ضوروٗری چھُ تێلہِ کیٛازِ کۆر اَسہِ یۆد؟ تێلہِ کیٛازِ موٗد جَٹایو؟ تێلہِ کیٛازِ موٗدؠ دۄشوَے پَکھؠن ہٕنٛدؠ بٔڈؠ بٔڈؠ ویٖر؟

     prabhū! agar sītā mātyi tyāg dyun zōrūrī chu teli kyāzi kor asi yod? teli kyāzi mūd jaṭāyv? teli kyāzi mūd' dọśvay pakhyan hụnd' bạḍ' bạḍ' vīr?

     Lord! If abandoning mother Sita is necessary, then why did we fight the war? Then why did Jatayu die? Then why did so many great braves from both sides die?

References

• Grierson, George Abraham (1932) “یۆد”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 1185
• Harikrishna Kaul (1987) Natuk kariv band‎^[1] (in Kashmiri)