इद्

Kolami

Alternative forms

ఇద్ (id) — Telugu script

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *i-du (“this, here”).

Pronoun

इद् (id)

she, it, this
non-masculine third-person singular distal pronoun; it or she

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ইদ্ (Assamese script)
ᬇᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
ইদ্ (Bengali script)
𑰂𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀇𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဣဒ် (Burmese script)
ઇદ્ (Gujarati script)
ਇਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌇𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦆꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂅𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಇದ್ (Kannada script)
ឥទ៑ (Khmer script)
ອິທ຺ (Lao script)
ഇദ് (Malayalam script)
ᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
𑘂𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
𑦢𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
ଇଦ୍ (Odia script)
ꢄꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆅𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖂𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඉද් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩑𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚂𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
இத்³ (Tamil script)
ఇద్ (Telugu script)
อิทฺ (Thai script)
ཨི་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒃𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨁𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *íd, from Proto-Indo-European *íd. See इदम् (idam).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /íd/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /id̪/

Particle

इद् • (íd) (Vedic)

even, just, only
एक (eka, “one”) + इद् (id) → एकेद् (eked, “one only”)
indeed, assuredly
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda VIII.28.4:
  यथा वशन्ति देवास् तथा इद् असत्
  yathā vaśanti devās tathā id asat
  as the gods wish it, thus indeed it will be
  with sandhi: यथा वशन्ति देवास्तथेदसत् (yathā vaśanti devāstathedasat)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda i.147.3

Usage notes

The place of this word is taken in Classical Sanskrit by एव (eva) and other particles.

References

Monier Williams (1899) “इद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 165, column 2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “íd”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 190