यदु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যদু (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬤᬸ (Balinese script)
• যদু (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ယဒု (Burmese script)
• યદુ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਦੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌦𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦢꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂠𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಯದು (Kannada script)
• យទុ (Khmer script)
• ຍທຸ (Lao script)
• യദു (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡩᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘟𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦿𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐡𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଯଦୁ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢣꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆢𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖟𑖲 (Siddham script)
• යදු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩭𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚛𑚰 (Takri script)
• யது³ (Tamil script)
• యదు (Telugu script)
• ยทุ (Thai script)
• ཡ་དུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒠𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨛𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṭu (“goat, sheep”); for the semantic connection, note that early Indo-Aryan speakers (like the Yadu tribe) were pastoralists who reared cattle, goats and sheep. Cognate with Tamil ஆடு (āṭu), யாடு (yāṭu), Telugu ఏట (ēṭa) and Gondi యేటీ (yēṭī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.du/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.d̪u/

Noun

यदु • (yádu) stem, m

1. name of a Vedic Indo-Aryan-speaking tribe.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of यदु (yádu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यदुः yáduḥ	यदू yádū	यदवः yádavaḥ
Vocative	यदो yádo	यदू yádū	यदवः yádavaḥ
Accusative	यदुम् yádum	यदू yádū	यदून् yádūn
Instrumental	यदुना / यद्वा¹ yádunā / yádvā¹	यदुभ्याम् yádubhyām	यदुभिः yádubhiḥ
Dative	यदवे / यद्वे¹ yádave / yádve¹	यदुभ्याम् yádubhyām	यदुभ्यः yádubhyaḥ
Ablative	यदोः / यद्वः¹ yádoḥ / yádvaḥ¹	यदुभ्याम् yádubhyām	यदुभ्यः yádubhyaḥ
Genitive	यदोः / यद्वः¹ yádoḥ / yádvaḥ¹	यद्वोः yádvoḥ	यदूनाम् yádūnām
Locative	यदौ yádau	यद्वोः yádvoḥ	यदुषु yáduṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun

यदु • (yádu) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) a son of Yayati and Devayani, and brother of तुर्वशु (turvaśu), द्रुह्यु (druhyu), अनुद्रुह्यु (anudruhyu), पूरु (pūru)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.62.10:

     उ॒त दा॒सा प॑रि॒विषे॒ स्मद्दि॑ष्टी॒ गोप॑रीणसा।
     यदु॑स्तु॒र्वश्च॑ मामहे॥

     utá dāsā́ parivíṣe smáddiṣṭī góparīṇasā.
     yádusturváśca māmahe.

     Yadu and Turva, too, have given two Dasas, well-disposed, to serve, together with great store of kine.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of यदु (yádu)
	Singular
Nominative	यदुः yáduḥ
Vocative	यदो yádo
Accusative	यदुम् yádum
Instrumental	यदुना / यद्वा¹ yádunā / yádvā¹
Dative	यदवे / यद्वे¹ yádave / yádve¹
Ablative	यदोः / यद्वः¹ yádoḥ / yádvaḥ¹
Genitive	यदोः / यद्वः¹ yádoḥ / yádvaḥ¹
Locative	यदौ yádau
Notes	¹Vedic