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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 • (yádu) stem, m
- name of a Vedic Indo-Aryan-speaking tribe.
Declension
Proper noun
यदु • (yádu) stem, m
- (Hinduism) a son of Yayati and Devayani, and brother of तुर्वशु (turvaśu), द्रुह्यु (druhyu), अनुद्रुह्यु (anudruhyu), पूरु (pūru)
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.62.10:
- उ॒त दा॒सा प॑रि॒विषे॒ स्मद्दि॑ष्टी॒ गोप॑रीणसा।
यदु॑स्तु॒र्वश्च॑ मामहे॥- utá dāsā́ parivíṣe smáddiṣṭī góparīṇasā.
yádusturváśca māmahe. - Yadu and Turva, too, have given two Dasas, well-disposed, to serve, together with great store of kine.
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of यदु (yádu)
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Singular
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| Nominative
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यदुः
yáduḥ
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| Vocative
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यदो
yádo
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| Accusative
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यदुम्
yádum
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| Instrumental
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यदुना / यद्वा¹
yádunā / yádvā¹
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| Dative
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यदवे / यद्वे¹
yádave / yádve¹
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| Ablative
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यदोः / यद्वः¹
yádoḥ / yádvaḥ¹
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| Genitive
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यदोः / यद्वः¹
yádoḥ / yádvaḥ¹
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| Locative
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यदौ
yádau
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| Notes
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