# yad
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew יד (yád, “hand”)

#### Noun

yad (plural yads or yadim)
* (Judaism) A pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading.

### Etymology 2

From the Tifinagh alphabet.

#### Noun

yad
* The letter ⴷ in the Tifinagh alphabet.

### See also

* tefillah shel yad (possibly related to the above Judaism term?)

### Anagrams

* Day, d'ya, day, π Day

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɑd]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *yāt (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Bashkir ят (yat), Kazakh жат (jat), Uzbek yot (“alien, foreign”), Turkmen ýat etc.

#### Adjective

yad (comparative daha yad, superlative ən yad)
* alien, strange, foreign
* unfamiliar
    Synonym: özgə
    Qorxu hissi ona yad idi. ― He knew no fear. (literally, “The feeling of fear was unfamiliar to him.”)

##### Derived terms

* yadplanetli (“extraterrestrial”)

#### Noun

yad (definite accusative yadı, plural yadlar)
* stranger
    Synonym: özgə

##### Derived terms

* yadplanetli (“alien”)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: յադ (yad)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian یاد (yâd).

#### Noun

yad (definite accusative yadı, plural yadlar)
* memory
    Bu daha yadımda deyil.I don't remember this anymore.(literally, “It's not in my memory anymore.”)
    Yadındadırsa, biz səninlə artıq görüşmüşük.If you remember, we've already met.(literally, “If it's in your memory, we've already met.”)

##### Derived terms

* yaddaş (“memory”)
* yadda qalmaq (“to remember”)
* yadda saxlamaq (“to remember”)
* yaddan çıxmaq (“to forget”)
* yada düşmək (“to come to mind”)
* yada salmaq (“to remind”)

##### Related terms

* yadigar (“memento”)

## Indonesian
### Noun

yad (plural yad-yad)
* hand

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀬𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* यद् (Devanagari script)
* যদ্ (Bengali script)
* යද් (Sinhalese script)
* ယဒ် or ယၻ် (Burmese script)
* ยทฺ or ยัท (Thai script)
* ᨿᨴ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ຍທ຺ or ຍັທ or ຢັທ (Lao script)
* យទ៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄠𑄘𑄴 (Chakma script)

### Pronoun

yad
* neuter nominative/accusative singular of ya (“which (relative)”)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یاد (yad, “foreign”), from Proto-Common Turkic *yāt (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yad, Bashkir ят (yat), Kazakh жат (jat) Uzbek yot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑd/

### Adjective

yad
* foreign
* unfamiliar

#### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

### Noun

yad (definite accusative yadı, plural yadlar)
* foreigner

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
yad
yadlar
definite accusative
yadı
yadları
dative
yada
yadlara
locative
yadda
yadlarda
ablative
yaddan
yadlardan
genitive
yadın
yadların
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
yadım
yadlarım
2nd singular
yadsın
yadlarsın
3rd singular
yad yaddır
yadlar yadlardır
1st plural
yadız
yadlarız
2nd plural
yadsınız
yadlarsınız
3rd plural
yadlar
yadlardır :

#### Related terms

* yadırgamak
* yadsımak

#### See also

* yâd

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from non-rhotic English yard.

### Noun

yad (nominative plural yads)
* yard

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only