इडा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• इळा (iḷā) — Vedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ইডা (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
• ইডা (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဣဍာ (Burmese script)
• ઇડા (Gujarati script)
• ਇਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಡಾ (Kannada script)
• ឥឌា (Khmer script)
• ອິຑາ (Lao script)
• ഇഡാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠢᢎᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଇଡା (Odia script)
• ꢄꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඉඩා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
• இட³ா (Tamil script)
• ఇడా (Telugu script)
• อิฑา (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཌཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /i.ɖɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɖɑː/

Noun

इडा • (iḍā) stem, f

1. refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit
2. offering, libation
3. (figurative) stream or flow of praise and worship, personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action
4. the earth
5. a cow
6. the goddess इडा (iḍā) or, इळा (iḻā)
7. name of Durga
8. speech
9. heaven
10. a particular artery on the left side of the body
11. a tubular vessel

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of इडा (iḍā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इडा iḍā	इडे iḍe	इडाः iḍāḥ
Vocative	इडे iḍe	इडे iḍe	इडाः iḍāḥ
Accusative	इडाम् iḍām	इडे iḍe	इडाः iḍāḥ
Instrumental	इडया / इडा¹ iḍayā / iḍā¹	इडाभ्याम् iḍābhyām	इडाभिः iḍābhiḥ
Dative	इडायै iḍāyai	इडाभ्याम् iḍābhyām	इडाभ्यः iḍābhyaḥ
Ablative	इडायाः / इडायै² iḍāyāḥ / iḍāyai²	इडाभ्याम् iḍābhyām	इडाभ्यः iḍābhyaḥ
Genitive	इडायाः / इडायै² iḍāyāḥ / iḍāyai²	इडयोः iḍayoḥ	इडानाम् iḍānām
Locative	इडायाम् iḍāyām	इडयोः iḍayoḥ	इडासु iḍāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इडा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 164/1.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “इडा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]