तद्

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• tad (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• তদ্ (Bengali script)
• තද් (Sinhalese script)
• တဒ် or တၻ် (Burmese script)
• ตทฺ or ตัท (Thai script)
• ᨲᨴ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕທ຺ or ຕັທ (Lao script)
• តទ៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄘𑄴 (Chakma script)

Adjective

तद्

1. (demonstrative) Devanagari script form of tad, which is neuter nominative/accusative singular of त (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

तद्

1. (demonstrative) Devanagari script form of tad, which is nominative/accusative singular of त (ta, “it”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• তদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တဒ် (Burmese script)
• તદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತದ್ (Kannada script)
• តទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕທ຺ (Lao script)
• തദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• தத்³ (Tamil script)
• తద్ (Telugu script)
• ตทฺ (Thai script)
• ཏ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tád, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tád, from Proto-Indo-European *tód. Compare masculine and feminine forms स (sá), सा (sā́).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́d/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐd̪/

Pronoun

तद् • (tád) n

1. (3rd person pronoun) it
2. that
3. this

Usage notes

Often correlative of यद् (yád) generally standing in the preceding clause e.g.

yasya buddhiḥ sa balavān — of whom there is intellect he is strong

Sometimes, for the sake of emphasis, connected with the 1st and 2nd personal pronouns, with other demonstratives and with relatives e.g.

so aham — I that very person, I myself

tāv imau — those very two

tad etad ākhyānam — that very tale

yat tat kāraṇam — that very reason which

yā sā śrī — that very fortune which

Declension

Declension of तद्
Nom. sg.	तत् (tat)
Gen. sg.	तस्य (tasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तत् (tat)	ते (te)	तानि (tāni)
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	तत् (tat)	ते (te)	तानि (tāni)
Instrumental	तेन (tena)	ताभ्याम् (tābhyām)	तैः (taiḥ)
Dative	तस्मै (tasmai)	ताभ्याम् (tābhyām)	तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ)
Ablative	तस्मात्, ततः (tasmāt, tataḥ)	ताभ्याम्, ततः (tābhyām, tataḥ)	तेभ्यः, ततः (tebhyaḥ, tataḥ)
Genitive	तस्य (tasya)	तयोः (tayoḥ)	तेषाम् (teṣām)
Locative	तस्मिन् (tasmin)	तयोः (tayoḥ)	तेषु (teṣu)

Derived terms

• तथा (tathā)
• त्यद् (tyad)

Noun

तद् • (tád) stem, n

1. this world (compare इदम् (idam))
2. = ब्रह्म (brahma) » तत्त्व (tat-tva)

Adverb

तद् • (tád)

1. there, in that place, thither, to that spot (correlative of यत्र (yátra) or यतस् (yátas))
2. then, at that time, in that case (correlative of यदा (yadā́), यद् (yád) AV.; of यत्र (yátra) ŚBr. xiv; of यदि (yadi) Nal. Bhag. etc.; of चेद् (ce*d) Śak. etc.)
3. thus, in this manner, with regard to that

   tad etau ślokau bhavataḥ — with reference to that there are these two verses

4. on that account, for that reason, therefore, consequently (sometimes correlative of यतस् (yatas), यद् (yád), येन (yena) "because")
5. now (clause-connecting particle)
6. so also, equally, and

Derived terms

• तद् तद् (tad tad)
• यद् तद् (yad tad)
• तन् न (tan na)
• तद् अपि (tad api)
• तद् यथा (tad yathā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0434.