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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *atu. Cognate with Kannada ಅದು (adu), Malayalam അത് (atŭ), Tamil அது (atu).
From அ (a, pronominal base), see Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Kannada ಅದು (adu), Malayalam അത് (atŭ), Telugu అది (adi).
Pronoun
अद् (ad)
- she, it, that
- non-masculine third-person singular distal pronoun; it or she
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অদ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အဒ် (Burmese script)
- અદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅದ್ (Kannada script)
- អទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ອທ຺ (Lao script)
- അദ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅଦ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අද් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
- அத்³ (Tamil script)
- అద్ (Telugu script)
- อทฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Had-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Had-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬛 (ad), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi, “I eat”), Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Latin edō, Old Armenian ուտեմ (utem, “to eat”), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan), Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti), Old Irish estir (“he may eat”), English eat.
Pronunciation
Root
अद् • (ad)
- to eat
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 17/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 61-2