युध्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • योध् (yodh)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬬᬸᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • যুধ্ (Assamese script)
  • যুধ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰧𑰲𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀬𑀼𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌯𑍁𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • યુધ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਯੁਧੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦪꦸꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • យុធ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಯುಧ್ (Kannada script)
  • ຍຸຘ຺ (Lao script)
  • യുധ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘧𑘳𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠶ᠋ᠤᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠶᡠᢡ (Manchu script)
  • ယုဓ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧇𑧔𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐫𑐸𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଯୁଧ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢫꢸꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆪𑆶𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖧𑖲𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • යුධ් (Sinhalese script)
  • யுத்⁴ (Tamil script)
  • యుధ్ (Telugu script)
  • ยุธฺ (Thai script)
  • ཡུ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒨𑒳𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyúts, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyúdʰs.

Pronunciation

Noun

युध् • (yúdh) stem, f

  1. war, battle, fight, combat
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.91.21:
      अषाळ्हं युत्सु पृतनासु पप्रिं स्वर्षामप्सां वृजनस्य गोपाम् ।
      भरेषुजां सुक्षितिं सुश्रवसं जयन्तं त्वामनु मदेम सोम ॥
      aṣāḷhaṃ yutsu pṛtanāsu papriṃ svarṣāmapsāṃ vṛjanasya gopām .
      bhareṣujāṃ sukṣitiṃ suśravasaṃ jayantaṃ tvāmanu madema soma .
      Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water,
      Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma.

Derived terms
  • युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira, “firm in battle”)

Root

युध् • (yudh)

  1. to fight, battle

Derived terms

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “युध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 854/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 133
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 418-419
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