यातु

See also: यातृ and यति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यातु (yātú). Doublet of जादू (jādū).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /jɑː.t̪uː/, [jäː.t̪uː]

Noun

यातु • (yātu) m (rare, formal)

Declension

Declension of *यातु* (masc u-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	यातु yātu	यातु yātu
oblique	यातु yātu	यातुओं yātuõ
vocative	यातु yātu	यातुओ yātuo

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “यातु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “यातु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

yātu (Latin script)
𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
যাতু (Bengali script)
යාතු (Sinhalese script)
ယာတု or ယႃတု (Burmese script)
ยาตุ (Thai script)
ᨿᩣᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
ຍາຕຸ or ຢາຕຸ (Lao script)
យាតុ (Khmer script)
𑄠𑄂𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

यातु

Devanagari script form of yātu, third-person singular imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

যাতু (Assamese script)
ᬬᬵᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
যাতু (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰯𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ယာတု (Burmese script)
યાતુ (Gujarati script)
ਯਾਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦪꦴꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂨𑂰𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಯಾತು (Kannada script)
យាតុ (Khmer script)
ຍາຕຸ (Lao script)
യാതു (Malayalam script)
ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘧𑘰𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧇𑧑𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑐵𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
ଯାତୁ (Odia script)
ꢫꢵꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆳𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖯𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
යාතු (Sinhalese script)
𑩻𑩛𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚣𑚭𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
யாது (Tamil script)
యాతు (Telugu script)
ยาตุ (Thai script)
ཡཱ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒰𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨪𑨊𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš (“magic, witchcraft, sorcery”), from *yeh₁-tú-s (“sorcery”) from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“to do, make, act vigorously”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬙𐬎 (yātu), Old Persian [script needed] (yātu) (whence Persian (jâdu, “magic”)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː.tú/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɑː.t̪u/

Noun

यातु • (yātú) stem, m

witchcraft, black magic
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.12.2:
  नाहं यातुं सहसा न द्वयेन ऋतं सपाम्यरुषस्य वृष्णः ॥
  nāhaṃ yātuṃ sahasā na dvayena ṛtaṃ sapāmyaruṣasya vṛṣṇaḥ.
  I use no sorcery with might or falsehood; the sacred Law of the Red Steer I follow.
a kind of evil spirit, demon

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of यातु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यातुः (yātúḥ)	यातू (yātū́)	यातवः (yātávaḥ)
accusative	यातुम् (yātúm)	यातू (yātū́)	यातून् (yātū́n)
instrumental	यातुना (yātúnā) यात्वा¹ (yātvā́¹)	यातुभ्याम् (yātúbhyām)	यातुभिः (yātúbhiḥ)
dative	यातवे (yātáve) यात्वे¹ (yātvé¹)	यातुभ्याम् (yātúbhyām)	यातुभ्यः (yātúbhyaḥ)
ablative	यातोः (yātóḥ) यात्वः¹ (yātváḥ¹)	यातुभ्याम् (yātúbhyām)	यातुभ्यः (yātúbhyaḥ)
genitive	यातोः (yātóḥ) यात्वः¹ (yātváḥ¹)	यात्वोः (yātvóḥ)	यातूनाम् (yātūnā́m)
locative	यातौ (yātaú)	यात्वोः (yātvóḥ)	यातुषु (yātúṣu)
vocative	यातो (yā́to)	यातू (yā́tū)	यातवः (yā́tavaḥ)

¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Verb

यातु • (yātu)

third-person singular imperative active of याति (yāti, “to go”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “Yātú, Yā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0849.