यथा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यथा (yathā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /jə.t̪ʰɑː/,

Adverb

यथा • (yathā)

  1. (literary, formal) thus, therefore
  2. (literary, formal) namely, videlicet
    Synonym: जैसे (jaise)

Pali

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Adverb

यथा (yathā)

  1. Devanagari script form of yathā

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyátʰaH (“as, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós. Compare Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬚𐬁 (yaθā) and Old Persian 𐎹𐎰𐎠 (y-θ-a /⁠yaθā⁠/).

Pronunciation

Adverb

यथा • (yáthā)

  1. in which manner or way, according as, as, like
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
      यथा॒ वातः॑ पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वतः॑। ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः॥
      yáthā vā́taḥ puṣkaríṇīṃ samiṅgáyati sarvátaḥ. evā́ te gárbha ejatu niraítu dáśamāsyaḥ.
      Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
      So that the ten-month baby may be born.

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