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).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐd.dʱɑ́ː/, [ɐd̚.dʱɑ́ː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐd̪.d̪ʱɑː/, [ˈɐd̪̚.d̪ʱɑː]

Adverb

अद्धा • (addhā́)

1. certainly, surely, with certainty
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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?