यातु

See also: यातृ and यति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यातु (yātú). Doublet of जादू (jādū).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jɑː.t̪uː/, [jäː.t̪uː]

Noun

यातु • (yātu) m (rare, formal)

1. one who goes or wanders
2. a demon, rakshasa
3. witchcraft, black magic

Declension

Declension of यातु (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यातु yātu	यातु yātu
oblique	यातु yātu	यातुओं yātuõ
vocative	यातु yātu	यातुओ yātuo

References

• 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

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yātu (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• যাতু (Bengali script)
• යාතු (Sinhalese script)
• ယာတု or ယႃတု (Burmese script)
• ยาตุ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາຕຸ or ຢາຕຸ (Lao script)
• យាតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄂𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

यातु

1. Devanagari script form of yātu, third-person singular imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː.tú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.t̪u/

Noun

यातु • (yātú) stem, m

1. witchcraft, black magic
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.12.2:

     नाहं यातुं सहसा न द्वयेन ऋतं सपाम्यरुषस्य वृष्णः ॥

     nāhaṃ yātuṃ sahasā na dvayena ṛtaṃ sapāmyaruṣasya vṛṣṇaḥ.

     I use no sorcery with might or falsehood; the sacred Law of the Red Steer I follow.

2. a kind of evil spirit, demon

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of यातु (yātú)
	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	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Verb

यातु • (yātu)

1. third-person singular imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “Yātú, Yā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0849.