यथा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यथा (yathā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jə.t̪ʰɑː/, [jə.t̪ʰäː]

Adverb

यथा • (yathā)

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

yathā (Latin script)
𑀬𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
যথা (Bengali script)
යථා (Sinhalese script)
ယထာ or ယထႃ (Burmese script)
ยถา or ยะถา (Thai script)
ᨿᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ຍຖາ or ຍະຖາ or ຢະຖາ (Lao script)
យថា (Khmer script)
𑄠𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adverb

यथा

Devanagari script form of yathā

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬬᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
যথা (Assamese script)
যথা (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌯𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
યથા (Gujarati script)
ਯਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦪꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
យថា (Khmer script)
ಯಥಾ (Kannada script)
ຍຖາ (Lao script)
യഥാ (Malayalam script)
𑘧𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠠᠲᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᠶᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
ယထာ (Burmese script)
𑧇𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
ଯଥା (Oriya script)
ꢫꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
යථා (Sinhalese script)
యథా (Telugu script)
ยถา (Thai script)
ཡ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.tʰɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.t̪ʰɑː/

Adverb

यथा • (yáthā)

in which manner or way, according as, as, like
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
  यथा वातः पुष्करिणीं समिङ्गयति सर्वतः।
  एवा ते गर्भ एजतु निरैतु दशमास्यः ॥
  yathā vātaḥ puṣkariṇīṃ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ.
  evā te garbha ejatu niraitu daśamāsyaḥ .
  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.

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀬𑀣𑀸 (yathā)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀚𑀳 (jaha), 𑀚𑀳𑀸 (jahā)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀬𑀥𑀸 (yadhā)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀳 (jaha), 𑀚𑀳𑀸 (jahā)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Takka Apabhramsa: ਜਿਧ (jidha)
    - Punjabi: ਜਿਹਾ (jihā)
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Sindhi:
      Arabic script: جان‎
      Devanagari script: जां
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀥 (jadha), 𑀚𑀥𑀸 (jadhā)
Gandhari: 𐨩𐨯‎ (yasa)
Pali: yathā
→ Hindi: यथा (yathā)
→ Bengali: যথা (jotha)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “Yáthā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 841, column 2.

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