याद

See also: यद्, यदा, and यदि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یاد (yād), from Middle Persian. Compare Bengali ইয়াদ (iẏad).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jɑːd̪/, [jäːd̪]

Noun

याद • (yād) f (Urdu spelling یاد)

1. a memory, recollection

   Synonyms: स्मरण (smaraṇ), स्मृति (smŕti)

   अब सिर्फ़ माँ की यादें मेरे पास है।

   ab sirf mā̃ kī yādẽ mere pās hai.

   Now I've only got memories of mother.

Declension

Declension of याद (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	याद yād	यादें yādẽ
oblique	याद yād	यादों yādõ
vocative	याद yād	यादो yādo

See also

• याद करना (yād karnā, “to remember”)
• याद रखना (yād rakhnā)
• यादगार (yādgār)
• याददाश्त (yāddāśt, “memory”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “याद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “याद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یاد (yād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑːd]

Noun

याद • (yād) (Latin script yad, Kannada script ಯಾದ್)

1. rememberance, memory

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Madhavi Sardesai (2006) A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani‎^[2], Goa University (doctoral thesis)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː.dɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɑː.d̪ɐ/

Noun

याद • (yāda)

1. Combining form of यादस् (yādas)