yuddha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀬𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• युद्ध (Devanagari script)
• যুদ্ধ (Bengali script)
• යුද‍්ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ယုဒ္ဓ or ယုၻ္ꩪ or ယုၻ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• ยุทฺธ or ยุทธะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩩᨴ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍຸທ຺ຘ or ຍຸທຘະ (Lao script)
• យុទ្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄪𑄘𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit युद्ध (yuddha). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (juddha).

Noun

yuddha n

1. battle, war, fight

   Synonyms: saṅgāma, samara, raṇa

Declension

Declension table of "yuddha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	yuddhaṃ	yuddhāni
Accusative (second)	yuddhaṃ	yuddhāni
Instrumental (third)	yuddhena	yuddhehi or yuddhebhi
Dative (fourth)	yuddhassa or yuddhāya or yuddhatthaṃ	yuddhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	yuddhasmā or yuddhamhā or yuddhā	yuddhehi or yuddhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	yuddhassa	yuddhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	yuddhasmiṃ or yuddhamhi or yuddhe	yuddhesu
Vocative (calling)	yuddha	yuddhāni

Related terms

• yujjhati (“to fight”)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “yuddha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 557
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuddha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607