यदाकदाचित्

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदाकदाचित् (yadākadācit). By surface analysis, यदा (yadā) +‎ कदाचित (kadācit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə.d̪ak.d̪a.t͡ɕit̪/, [jə.d̪ak.d̪a.t͡ɕiːt̪]

Conjunction

यदाकदाचित् • (yadākdācit) (literary, rare)

1. lest
2. perchance

Synonyms

• जर (jar) (standard)
• यदि (yadi)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “यदाकदाचित्”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press