अद्

See also: अदा

Kolami

Alternative forms

• అద్ (ad) — Telugu script

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *atu. Cognate with Kannada ಅದು (adu), Malayalam അത് (atŭ), Tamil அது (atu). From அ (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

Sanskrit verb forms
Present	अत्ति (atti)
Causative	आदयति (ādayati)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဒ် (Burmese script)
• અદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅದ್ (Kannada script)
• អទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອທ຺ (Lao script)
• അദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• அத்³ (Tamil script)
• అద్ (Telugu script)
• อทฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Had-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Had-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. 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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐd/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐd̪/

Root

अद् • (ad)

1. to eat

Derived terms

• अग्राद्वन् (agrādvan, “having precedence in eating”)
• अत्तव्य (attavya, “fit to be eaten”)
• अत्ति (attí, “eater”)
• अत्ति (átti, “he eats”)
• अत्तृ (attṛ́, “eater”)
• अत्र (atrá, “devourer, demon”)
• अत्र (átra, “food”)
• अत्रि (átri, “devourer”)
• अत्रिन् (atrín, “devourer, demon”)
• अदक (adaka, “eating”)
• अदन (adana, “food”)
• अदनीय (adanīya, “which is to be eaten”)
• अद्मन् (ádman, “a meal”)
• अद्य (adya, “edible”)
• अन्न (ánna, “food”)
• अन्नाद्य (annādya, “proper food”)
• आदिन् (ādin, “eating, devouring”)
• मत्स्याद् (matsyād, “eating fish”)
• मध्वद् (madhvád, “mead-eating, honey-eating”)
• हविरद्य (haviradya, “the act of eating the oblation”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 17/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 61-2