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

• अगर (agar)

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ed̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: एदि

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.di/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.d̪i/

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)