एध

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এধ (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬥ (Balinese script)
• এধ (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• ဧဓ (Burmese script)
• એધ (Gujarati script)
• ਏਧ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌧 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦣ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂡 (Kaithi script)
• ಏಧ (Kannada script)
• ឯធ (Khmer script)
• ເອຘ (Lao script)
• ഏധ (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘠 (Modi script)
• ᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐢 (Newa script)
• ଏଧ (Odia script)
• ꢍꢤ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆣 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖠 (Siddham script)
• එධ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩮 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚜 (Takri script)
• ஏத⁴ (Tamil script)
• ఏధ (Telugu script)
• เอธ (Thai script)
• ཨེ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-o-s, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite, fire”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἶθος (aîthos), Latin aedis.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.dʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /eː.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

एध॑ • (édha) stem, m (root इध्)

1. fuel, firewood
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.158.4:

     उप॑स्तुतिरौच॒थ्यमु॑रुष्ये॒न्मा मामि॒मे प॑त॒त्रिणी॒ वि दु॑ग्धाम् ।
     मा माम्एधो॒ दश॑तयश्चि॒तो धा॒क् प्र यद्वां॑ ब॒द्धस्त्मनि॒ खाद॑ति॒ क्षाम् ॥

     úpastutiraucathyámuruṣyenmā́ mā́mimé patatríṇī ví dugdhām.
     mā́ mā́médho dáśatayaścitó dhāk prá yádvāṃ baddhástmáni khā́dati kṣā́m.

     • 1896 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith

       May this my praise preserve Ucathya’s offspring: let not these Twain who fly with wings exhaust me.
       Let not the wood ten times up-piled consume me, when fixed for you it bites the ground it stands on.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of एध॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	एधः॑ (édhaḥ)	एधौ॑ (édhau) एधा॑¹ (édhā¹)	एधाः॑ (édhāḥ) एधा॑सः¹ (édhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	एध॑म् (édham)	एधौ॑ (édhau) एधा॑¹ (édhā¹)	एधा॑न् (édhān)
instrumental	एधे॑न (édhena)	एधा॑भ्याम् (édhābhyām)	एधैः॑ (édhaiḥ) एधे॑भिः¹ (édhebhiḥ¹)
dative	एधा॑य (édhāya)	एधा॑भ्याम् (édhābhyām)	एधे॑भ्यः (édhebhyaḥ)
ablative	एधा॑त् (édhāt)	एधा॑भ्याम् (édhābhyām)	एधे॑भ्यः (édhebhyaḥ)
genitive	एध॑स्य (édhasya)	एध॑योः (édhayoḥ)	एधा॑नाम् (édhānām)
locative	एधे॑ (édhe)	एध॑योः (édhayoḥ)	एधे॑षु (édheṣu)
vocative	एध॑ (édha)	एधौ॑ (édhau) एधा॑¹ (édhā¹)	एधाः॑ (édhāḥ) एधा॑सः¹ (édhāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• एधते (édhate, “to prosper, increase, grow”)
• एधस् (édhas, “fuel”)