यावत्

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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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