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Sanskrit
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Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যুধ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬸᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যুধ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰲𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀼𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ယုဓ် (Burmese script)
- યુધ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਯੁਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑍁𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦸꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂳𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಯುಧ್ (Kannada script)
- យុធ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຍຸຘ຺ (Lao script)
- യുധ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᡠᢡ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘳𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠤᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧔𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐸𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯୁଧ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢸꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆶𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖲𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
- යුධ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩒𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚰𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
- யுத்⁴ (Tamil script)
- యుధ్ (Telugu script)
- ยุธฺ (Thai script)
- ཡུ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒳𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨃𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyúts, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyúdʰs.
Pronunciation
Noun
युध् • (yúdh) stem, f
- war, battle, fight, combat
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 1.91.21:
- अषा॑ळ्हं यु॒त्सु पृत॑नासु॒ पप्रिं॑ स्व॒र्षाम॒प्सां वृ॒जन॑स्य गो॒पाम् ।
भ॒रे॒षु॒जां सु॑क्षि॒तिं सु॒श्रव॑सं॒ जय॑न्तं॒ त्वामनु॑ मदेम सोम ॥- áṣāḷhaṃ yutsú pṛ́tanāsu pápriṃ svarṣā́mapsā́ṃ vṛjánasya gopā́m.
bhareṣujā́ṃ sukṣitíṃ suśrávasaṃ jáyantaṃ tvā́mánu madema soma. - Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water,
Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma.
Declension
Noun
युध् • (yudh) stem, m
- fighter, warrior, hero
Declension
Derived terms
Root
युध् • (yudh)
- to fight, battle
Derived terms
- योद्धुम् (yoddhum, Infinitive)
- युधम् (yudham, Infinitive)
- युधे (yudhé, Infinitive)
- युधये (yudháye, Infinitive)
- युध्य (yudhya, Gerund)
- युद्ध्वी (yuddhvī, Gerund)
- योध्य (yódhya, Gerundive)
- योद्धव्य (yoddhavya, Gerundive)
- योधनीय (yodhanī́ya, Gerundive)
- युद्धा (yuddhā́, Past Participle)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “युध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 854/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 133
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 418-419