यदा

See also: यद्, यदि, and याद

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yadā (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• যদা (Bengali script)
• යදා (Sinhalese script)
• ယဒါ or ယၻႃ (Burmese script)
• ยทา or ยะทา (Thai script)
• ᨿᨴᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍທາ or ຍະທາ or ຢະທາ (Lao script)
• យទា (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄘𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit यदा (yadā, “yadắ”).

Adverb

यदा

1. (relative) when

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যদা (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• যদা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ယဒါ (Burmese script)
• યદા (Gujarati script)
• ਯਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಯದಾ (Kannada script)
• យទា (Khmer script)
• ຍທາ (Lao script)
• യദാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଯଦା (Odia script)
• ꢫꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
• යදා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
• யத³ா (Tamil script)
• యదా (Telugu script)
• ยทา (Thai script)
• ཡ་དཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Hyo- + *-déh₂; compare कदा (kadā) (< *kʷodéh₂) and तदा (tadā) (< *todéh₂) for the suffix.

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ.dɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.d̪ɑː/

Adverb

यदा • (yadā́)

1. (relative) when
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 4.7:

     यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
     अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥

     yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata.
     abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham.

     Whenever there is a decline in Dharma and an increase in Adharma, O descendant of Bharata, at that time I manifest Myself.