अध

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadʰa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬀𐬛𐬁 (adā, then).

Pronunciation

Adverb

अध • (ádha) (Vedic)

  1. then
  2. therefore
  3. now

Synonyms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 19, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 66
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 10-11