यावत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যাৱত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬵᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যাবত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယာဝတ် (Burmese script)
• યાવત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਾਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦴꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಾವತ್ (Kannada script)
• យាវត៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍາວຕ຺ (Lao script)
• യാവത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐵𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯାଵତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢵꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යාවත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩛𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• யாவத் (Tamil script)
• యావత్ (Telugu script)
• ยาวตฺ (Thai script)
• ཡཱ་ཝ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂wot. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕως (héōs).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑ́ː.ʋɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɑː.ʋɐt̪/

Adverb

यावत् • (yā́vat)

1. until, up to
   • Kulārṇava Tantra :

     पीत्वा पीत्वा पुनः पीत्वा यावत् पतति भूतले ।
     उत्थाय च पुनः पीत्वा पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥

     pītvā pītvā punaḥ pītvā yāvat patati bhūtale.
     utthāya ca punaḥ pītvā punarjanma na vidyate.

     Having drunk and drunk, and again having drunk until he falls on the ground;
     having drunk again after getting up, he knows not rebirth [gets liberated].

2. while

Conjunction

यावत् • (yā́vat)

1. as far as, as long as
2. as much as
3. as soon as

Descendants

• Old Marathi: 𑘕𑘹𑘪𑘛 (jevaḍha)
  • Marathi: जेवढे (jevḍhe)
• → Kannada: ಯಾವತ್ತು (yāvattu), ಯಾವತ್ತೂ (yāvattū)
• → Malayalam: യാവൽ (yāval)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “यावत्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• “यावत्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 433.
• “यावन्त्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 433.
• Monier Williams (1899) “यावत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 852, column 1.