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Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit यदा (yadā, “yadắ”).
Adverb
यदा
- (relative) when
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যদা (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
- যদা (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ယဒါ (Burmese script)
- યદા (Gujarati script)
- ਯਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಯದಾ (Kannada script)
- យទា (Khmer script)
- ຍທາ (Lao script)
- യദാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଯଦା (Odia script)
- ꢫꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
- යදා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
- யத³ா (Tamil script)
- యదా (Telugu script)
- ยทา (Thai script)
- ཡ་དཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Hyo- + *-déh₂; compare कदा (kadā) (< *kʷodéh₂) and तदा (tadā) (< *todéh₂) for the suffix.
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Pronunciation
Adverb
यदा • (yadā́)
- (relative) when
c. 400 BCE,
Bhagavad Gītā 4.7:
- यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥- yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata.
abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham. - Whenever there is a decline in Dharma and an increase in Adharma, O descendant of Bharata, at that time I manifest Myself.