From Sanskrit यथा (yáthā). Cognate with Pali yathā.
𑀬𑀣𑀸 (yathā) (Girnar, Kalsi)
- such as, just as, like
Attested at Girnar and Kalsi.
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀬𑀣𑀸 (“like”)
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𑀅𑀣𑀸 (athā) (5) 𑀬𑀣𑀸 (yathā) (2) 𐨩𐨠 (yatha) (1) 𐨩𐨠𐨎 (yathaṃ) (1)
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- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀚𑀳 (jaha), 𑀚𑀳𑀸 (jahā)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀬𑀥𑀸 (yadhā)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀳 (jaha), 𑀚𑀳𑀸 (jahā)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa: ਜਿਧ (jidha)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- Sindhi:
- Arabic script: جان
- Devanagari script: जां
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀥 (jadha), 𑀚𑀥𑀸 (jadhā)
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 129.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáthā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press