यदि

See also: यद्, यदा, and याद

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jə.d̪iː/

Conjunction

यदि • (yadi) (Urdu spelling یدی‎) (formal)

  1. if
  2. whether
  3. though

Synonyms

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

यदि • (yadi)

  1. (used with भने [bhane]) if
    यदि भोलि पानी पर्यो भने, म कार्यालय जान्नँ।
    yadi bholi pānī paryo bhane, ma kāryālaya jānnã.
    If it rains tomorrow, I'm not going to office.
  2. supposing that

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • यदी (yádī) – Vedic

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬬᬤᬶ (Balinese script)
  • যদি (Assamese script)
  • যদি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰧𑰟𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌯𑌦𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • યદિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਯਦਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦪꦢꦶ (Javanese script)
  • យទិ (Khmer script)
  • ಯದಿ (Kannada script)
  • ຍທິ (Lao script)
  • യദി (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘧𑘟𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᢈ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠶᠠᡩᡳ (Manchu script)
  • ယဒိ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧇𑦿𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐫𑐡𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଯଦି (Oriya script)
  • ꢫꢣꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆪𑆢𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖧𑖟𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • යදි (Sinhalese script)
  • యది (Telugu script)
  • ยทิ (Thai script)
  • ཡ་དི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒨𑒠𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyádi (“if, when”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬜𐬌‎ (yeiδi), 𐬫𐬈𐬜𐬌‎ (yeδi, “if, when”), Old Persian 𐎹𐎮𐎹 (y-di-y /yadiy/, “if”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

यदि • (yádi)

  1. if; in case that
    यदि अहं तस्याः गृहं गच्छेयम्, तर्हि अहं तुष्येयम्। ― yadi ahaṃ tasyāḥ gṛhaṃ gaccheyam, tarhi ahaṃ tuṣyeyam. ― If I had gone to his house than I would have been happy.

Usage notes
  • This conjunction is indeclinable.

Descendants
  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨩𐨡𐨁‎ (yadi)
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀬𑀇 (yaï), 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (yadi)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï), 𑀚𑀤𑀺 (jadi)
  • Pali: yadi
  • → Bengali: যদি (jodi)
  • → Hindi: यदि (yadi)
  • → Nepali: यदि (yadi)
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