यातु

See also: यातृ and यति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yātu (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• যাতু (Bengali script)
• යාතු (Sinhalese script)
• ယာတု or ယႃတု (Burmese script)
• ยาตุ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາຕຸ or ຢາຕຸ (Lao script)
• យាតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄂𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

यातु (yātu)

1. Devanagari script form of yātu, third-person singular imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yaHtúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš, from *yeh₁-tú-s (“sorcery”) from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“to do, make, act vigorously”). Cognate with Old Persian [script needed] (yātu) (whence Persian جادو (jâdu)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː.tú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.t̪u/

Noun

यातु • (yātú) stem, m

1. witchcraft, black magic
2. a kind of evil spirit, demon
3. traveler

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of यातु (yātú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यातुः yātúḥ	यातू yātū́	यातवः yātávaḥ
Vocative	यातो yā́to	यातू yā́tū	यातवः yā́tavaḥ
Accusative	यातुम् yātúm	यातू yātū́	यातून् yātū́n
Instrumental	यातुना / यात्वा¹ yātúnā / yātvā́¹	यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām	यातुभिः yātúbhiḥ
Dative	यातवे / यात्वे¹ yātáve / yātvé¹	यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām	यातुभ्यः yātúbhyaḥ
Ablative	यातोः / यात्वः¹ yātóḥ / yātváḥ¹	यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām	यातुभ्यः yātúbhyaḥ
Genitive	यातोः / यात्वः¹ yātóḥ / yātváḥ¹	यात्वोः yātvóḥ	यातूनाम् yātūnā́m
Locative	यातौ yātaú	यात्वोः yātvóḥ	यातुषु yātúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

यातु • (yātú) stem, n

1. rakshasa (L.)

Declension

Neuter u-stem declension of यातु (yātú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यातु yātú	यातुनी yātúnī	यातूनि / यातु¹ / यातू¹ yātū́ni / yātú¹ / yātū́¹
Vocative	यातु / यातो yā́tu / yā́to	यातुनी yā́tunī	यातूनि / यातु¹ / यातू¹ yā́tūni / yā́tu¹ / yā́tū¹
Accusative	यातु yātú	यातुनी yātúnī	यातूनि / यातु¹ / यातू¹ yātū́ni / yātú¹ / yātū́¹
Instrumental	यातुना / यात्वा¹ yātúnā / yātvā́¹	यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām	यातुभिः yātúbhiḥ
Dative	यातुने / यातवे¹ / यात्वे¹ yātúne / yātáve¹ / yātvé¹	यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām	यातुभ्यः yātúbhyaḥ
Ablative	यातुनः / यातोः¹ / यात्वः¹ yātúnaḥ / yātóḥ¹ / yātváḥ¹	यातुभ्याम् yātúbhyām	यातुभ्यः yātúbhyaḥ
Genitive	यातुनः / यातोः¹ / यात्वः¹ yātúnaḥ / yātóḥ¹ / yātváḥ¹	यातुनोः yātúnoḥ	यातूनाम् yātūnā́m
Locative	यातुनि / यातौ¹ yātúni / yātaú¹	यातुनोः yātúnoḥ	यातुषु yātúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यातु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0849.