युध्यते

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyúdʰyatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyúdʰyatay, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyudʰ-yé-tor, from *Hyewdʰ- + *-yétor.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬏𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yūⁱδiieⁱti, “to fight”), Parthian yws- (“to battle”), Latin iubeō, Lithuanian judėti.

युध्य॑ते • (yúdhyate) third-singular indicative (class 4, type A, root युध्)

1. to fight, battle, to wage war
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.154.3:

     ये युध्य॑न्ते प्र॒धने॑षु॒ शूरा॑सो॒ ये त॑नू॒त्यजः॑ ।
     ये वा॑ स॒हस्र॑दक्षिणा॒स् ताँश् चि॑द् ए॒वापि॑ गच्छतात् ॥

     yé yúdhyante pradháneṣu śū́rāso yé tanūtyájaḥ.
     yé vā sahásradakṣiṇās tā́m̐ś cid evā́pi gacchatāt.

     May [the deceased one] go to those heroes who fight bravely in battles and lay down their lives
     [Or may he go to] Them who give a thousand rewards.

2. (rarely) to overcome in battle

• युद्ध (yuddha)
• योद्धृ (yoddhṛ)
• युयुत्सु (yuyutsu, “desirous of fighting”)