यदु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • যদু (Assamese script)
  • ᬬᬤᬸ (Balinese script)
  • যদু (Bengali script)
  • 𑰧𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀬𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • ယဒု (Burmese script)
  • યદુ (Gujarati script)
  • ਯਦੁ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌯𑌦𑍁 (Grantha script)
  • ꦪꦢꦸ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂨𑂠𑂳 (Kaithi script)
  • ಯದು (Kannada script)
  • យទុ (Khmer script)
  • ຍທຸ (Lao script)
  • യദു (Malayalam script)
  • ᠶᠠᡩᡠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘧𑘟𑘳 (Modi script)
  • ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧇𑦿𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐫𑐡𑐸 (Newa script)
  • ଯଦୁ (Odia script)
  • ꢫꢣꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆪𑆢𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖧𑖟𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • යදු (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩻𑩭𑩒 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚣𑚛𑚰 (Takri script)
  • யது³ (Tamil script)
  • యదు (Telugu script)
  • ยทุ (Thai script)
  • ཡ་དུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒨𑒠𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨪𑨛𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṭu (“goat, sheep”); for the semantic connection, note that early Indo-Aryan speakers (like the Yadu tribe) were pastoralists who reared cattle, goats and sheep. Cognate with Tamil ஆடு (āṭu), யாடு (yāṭu), Telugu ఏట (ēṭa) and Gondi యేటీ (yēṭī).

Pronunciation

Noun

यदु • (yadu) stem, m

  1. name of a Vedic Indo-Aryan-speaking tribe and its chief, Yadu
  2. (Hinduism) a son of Yayāti who is the ancestor of the Yādavas from whom Kṛṣṇa is born
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