अद्धा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অদ্ধা (Assamese script)
ᬅᬤ᭄ᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
অদ্ধা (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
အဒ္ဓါ (Burmese script)
અદ્ધા (Gujarati script)
ਅਦ੍ਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦢ꧀ꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಅದ್ಧಾ (Kannada script)
អទ្ធា (Khmer script)
ອທ຺ຘາ (Lao script)
അദ്ധാ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡩᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠠᢑᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦿𑧠𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
ଅଦ୍ଧା (Odia script)
ꢂꢣ꣄ꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
අද‍්ධා (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
அத்³த⁴ா (Tamil script)
అద్ధా (Telugu script)
อทฺธา (Thai script)
ཨ་དྡྷཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *adᶻdʰáH (“known, true”), which see for further etymology. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (azdā), Old Persian 𐎠𐏀𐎭𐎠 (a-z-d-a /⁠azdā⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐd.dʱɑ́ː/, [ɐd̚.dʱɑ́ː]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐd̪.d̪ʱɑː/, [ɐd̪̚.d̪ʱɑː]

Adverb

अद्धा • (addhā́)

certainly, surely, with certainty
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.54.5:
  को अ॒द्धा वे॑द॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑चद्दे॒वाँ अच्छा॑ प॒थ्या॒३॒॑ का समे॑ति ।
  kó addhā́ veda ká ihá prá vocaddevā́m̐ ácchā pathyā̀ kā́ sámeti.
  What pathway leads to the Gods? Who knows this for sure, and who will now declare it?