यथा
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jə.t̪ʰɑː/, [jɐ.t̪ʰäː]
Pali
Alternative forms
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যথা (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
- যথা (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ယထာ (Burmese script)
- યથા (Gujarati script)
- ਯਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂟𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಥಾ (Kannada script)
- យថា (Khmer script)
- ຍຖາ (Lao script)
- യഥാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠲᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଯଥା (Odia script)
- ꢫꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
- යථා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩬𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚚𑚭 (Takri script)
- யத²ா (Tamil script)
- యథా (Telugu script)
- ยถา (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨚𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyátʰaH (“as, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós. Compare Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬚𐬁 (yaθā) and Old Persian 𐎹𐎰𐎠 (y-θ-a /yaθā/).
Adverb
यथा • (yáthā)
- in which manner or way, according as, as, like
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
- यथा॒ वातः॑ पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वतः॑। ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः॥
- yáthā vā́taḥ puṣkaríṇīṃ samiṅgáyati sarvátaḥ. evā́ te gárbha ejatu niraítu dáśamāsyaḥ.
- Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
So that the ten-month baby may be born.
- यथा॒ वातः॑ पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वतः॑। ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः॥
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “Yáthā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 841, column 2.
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