यदि

See also: यद्, यदा, and याद

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jə.d̪iː/, [jɐ.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
  • যদি (Assamese script)
  • ᬬᬤᬶ (Balinese script)
  • যদি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰧𑰟𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • ယဒိ (Burmese script)
  • યદિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਯਦਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌯𑌦𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦪꦢꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂨𑂠𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಯದಿ (Kannada script)
  • យទិ (Khmer script)
  • ຍທິ (Lao script)
  • യദി (Malayalam script)
  • ᠶᠠᡩᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘧𑘟𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧇𑦿𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐫𑐡𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଯଦି (Odia script)
  • ꢫꢣꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆪𑆢𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖧𑖟𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • යදි (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩻𑩭𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚣𑚛𑚮 (Takri script)
  • யதி³ (Tamil script)
  • యది (Telugu script)
  • ยทิ (Thai script)
  • ཡ་དི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒨𑒠𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨪𑨛𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyádi (“if, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós (“that, who, which”). 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 then 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)
      • Old Bengali: জই
      • Old Gujarati: जइ (jaï)
        • Marwari: जे (je), जै (jai), जइ (jai)
      • Maithili:
        Devanagari script: जँ (jã), जऽ (ja²), ज' (ja')
        Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒿 (jã), 𑒖𑓄, 𑒖' (ja')
      • Old Marathi: jaiṃ
        Devanagari script: जैं
        Modi script: 𑘕𑘺𑘽
        • Marathi: जई (jaī) (poetic)
      • Old Punjabi: ਜਿ (ji), ਜੇ (je)
        • Punjabi: jē
          Gurmukhi script: ਜੇ
          Shahmukhi script: جے
        • ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਜੇਕਰਿ (jēkari)
      • Sindhi: je
        Arabic script: جي
        Devanagari script: जे
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï), 𑀚𑀤𑀺 (jadi)
  • Pali: yadi
  • → Bengali: যদি (jodi)
  • → Hindi: यदि (yadi)
  • → Nepali: यदि (yadi)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “यदि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 844/3, 845/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 390; 397
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