अद्

See also: अदा

Kolami

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *atu. Cognate with Kannada ಅದು (adu), Malayalam അത് (atŭ), Tamil அது (atu). From (a, pronominal base), see Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Kannada ಅದು (adu), Malayalam അത് (atŭ), Telugu అది (adi).

Pronoun

अद् (ad)

  1. she, it, that
  2. non-masculine third-person singular distal pronoun; it or she

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Had-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Had- (to eat), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (to eat).[1][2] Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬛 (ad), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi, I eat), Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Latin edō, Old Armenian ուտեմ (utem, to eat), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan), Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti), Old Irish estir (he may eat), English eat.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    अद् • (ad)

    1. to eat
      Synonyms: घस् (ghas), खाद् (khād)

    Usage notes

    In Vedic, this root is suppleted by घस् (ghas) (for aorist, perfect, desiderative, and past participle) and by आवयत् (ā́vayat) (for 2/3sg. imperfect).

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    • अ॒द्यते॑ (adyáte, passive)
    • आदयति (ādayati, causative)
    • आदि॑दत् (ā́didat, causative aorist)
    Non-finite forms
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अप्यद् (apyad)
    • प्रत्यद् (pratyad)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अद् (0 c, 11 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अद् (6 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “AD”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 61
    2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “ad”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 8

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