इडा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• इळा (iḷā) — Vedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ইডা (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
• ইডা (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဣဍာ (Burmese script)
• ઇડા (Gujarati script)
• ਇਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಡಾ (Kannada script)
• ឥឌា (Khmer script)
• ອິຑາ (Lao script)
• ഇഡാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠢᢎᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଇଡା (Odia script)
• ꢄꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඉඩා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
• இட³ா (Tamil script)
• ఇడా (Telugu script)
• อิฑา (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཌཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /i.ɖɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɖɑː/

Noun

इडा • (iḍā) stem, f

1. refreshing draught, refreshment, animation, recreation, comfort, vital spirit
2. offering, libation
3. (figurative) stream or flow of praise and worship, personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action
4. the earth
5. a cow
6. the goddess इडा (iḍā) or, इळा (iḻā)
7. name of Durga
8. speech
9. heaven
10. a particular artery on the left side of the body
11. a tubular vessel

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of इडा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	इडा (iḍā)	इडे (iḍe)	इडाः (iḍāḥ)
vocative	इडे (iḍe)	इडे (iḍe)	इडाः (iḍāḥ)
accusative	इडाम् (iḍām)	इडे (iḍe)	इडाः (iḍāḥ)
instrumental	इडया (iḍayā) इडा¹ (iḍā¹)	इडाभ्याम् (iḍābhyām)	इडाभिः (iḍābhiḥ)
dative	इडायै (iḍāyai)	इडाभ्याम् (iḍābhyām)	इडाभ्यः (iḍābhyaḥ)
ablative	इडायाः (iḍāyāḥ) इडायै² (iḍāyai²)	इडाभ्याम् (iḍābhyām)	इडाभ्यः (iḍābhyaḥ)
genitive	इडायाः (iḍāyāḥ) इडायै² (iḍāyai²)	इडयोः (iḍayoḥ)	इडानाम् (iḍānām)
locative	इडायाम् (iḍāyām)	इडयोः (iḍayoḥ)	इडासु (iḍāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इडा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 164/1.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “इडा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]