इद्

Kolami

Alternative forms

• ఇద్ (id) — Telugu script

Etymology

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

Pronoun

इद् (id)

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

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /id/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /id̪/

Particle

इद् • (id) (Vedic)

1. even, just, only

   one + इद् (id) → एकेद् (eked, “one only”)

2. indeed, assuredly
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.