यावत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • यावन्त् (yāvant)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • যাৱত্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬬᬵᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • যাবত্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰧𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀬𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ယာဝတ် (Burmese script)
  • યાવત્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਯਾਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦪꦴꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂨𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಯಾವತ್ (Kannada script)
  • យាវត៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຍາວຕ຺ (Lao script)
  • യാവത് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘧𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧇𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐫𑐵𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଯାଵତ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢫꢵꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆪𑆳𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖧𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • යාවත් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩻𑩛𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚣𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
  • யாவத் (Tamil script)
  • యావత్ (Telugu script)
  • ยาวตฺ (Thai script)
  • ཡཱ་ཝ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒨𑒰𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨪𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂wot. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕως (héōs).

Pronunciation

Adverb

यावत् • (yā́vat)

  1. until, up to
  2. while

Conjunction

यावत् • (yā́vat)

  1. as far as, as long as
  2. as much as
  3. as soon as

Descendants
  • → Malayalam: യാവൽ (yāval)

References
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “यावत्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • “यावत्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 433.
  • “यावन्त्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 433.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “यावत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 852, column 1.
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