# तद्
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* tad (Latin script)
* 𑀢𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* তদ্ (Bengali script)
* තද් (Sinhalese script)
* တဒ် or တၻ် (Burmese script)
* ตทฺ or ตัท (Thai script)
* ᨲᨴ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ຕທ຺ or ຕັທ (Lao script)
* តទ៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄘𑄴 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

तद्
* (demonstrative) Devanagari script form of tad, which is neuter nominative/accusative singular of त (ta, “that”)

### Pronoun

तद्
* (demonstrative) Devanagari script form of tad, which is nominative/accusative singular of त (ta, “it”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* তদ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
* তদ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* တဒ် (Burmese script)
* તદ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਤਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ತದ್ (Kannada script)
* តទ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຕທ຺ (Lao script)
* തദ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
* ତଦ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢡꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
* තද් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
* தத்³ (Tamil script)
* తద్ (Telugu script)
* ตทฺ (Thai script)
* ཏ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sá, *sáH, *tád, from Proto-Indo-European *só, *séh₂, *tód. Cognate with Old English sē, sēo, þæt (whence English the, that), Ancient Greek ὁ (ho), ἡ (hē), τό (tó), and Old Church Slavonic тъ (tŭ), та (ta), то (to).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /tɐ́d/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t̪ɐd̪/

### Pronoun

तद् • (tad)
* (3rd person pronoun) it
* that
* this

### Determiner

तद् • (tad)
* this, that
* for sake of emphasis, connected with or stands in place of other pronouns, demonstratives, and relatives
    स त्वा पृच्छामि ― sa tvā pṛcchāmi ― I that very person ask you
    स वै नो ब्रूहि ― sa vai no brūhi ― Do thou tell us
    स भवान् विजयाय प्रतिष्ठताम् ― sa bhavān vijayāya pratiṣṭhatām ― Let your Highness set out for victory
* (in compound) that
    तद् (tad) + दिन (dina, “day”) → तद्दिन (taddina, “that day”)

#### Usage notes

Frequently a correlative of यद् (yad), which generally stands in the preceding clause.
    यस्य बुद्धिः स बलवान् ― yasya buddhiḥ sa balavān ― Of whom there is intellect, he is strong

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
Before words beginning in a consonant, the final avagraha of the masculine nominative singular सः (saḥ) is dropped, resulting in स (sa) (except in the Ṛgveda, where it appear in sandhi before initial त्- (t-) or प्- (p-)).

#### Derived terms

* तत्त्व (tattva, “element”)
* तद्वत् (tadvat, “having that”)
* त्यद् (tyad, “that”)

#### Related terms

* तत्र (tatra)
* तथा (tathā)
* तदा (tadā)

#### Descendants

* Pali: so m, sā f, ta n
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑁄 m (so), 𑀲 f (sa), 𑀲𑀸 n (sā), 𑀢 (ta)
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: سُہ / सु (su)
** Phalura: سوۡ (so)

### Noun

तद् • (tad) stem, n
* this world (compare इदम् (idam))
* Synonym of ब्रह्म (brahma)
* Synonym of तत्त्व (tattva)

### Adverb

तद् • (tad)
* there, in that place, thither, to that spot
    Synonyms: तत्र (tatra), अत्र (atra)
* then, at that time, in that case
    Synonym: तदा (tadā)
* thus, in this manner, with regard to that
    तद् एतौ श्लोकौ भवतःtad etau ślokau bhavataḥwith regard to that there are these two verses
* on that account, for that reason, therefore, consequently
* now (clause-connecting particle)
* so also, equally, and
* an indeclinable particle serving merely as emphasis, particularly in the Brāhmaṇas (typically precedes यद् (yad), यदि (yadi), यथा (yathā), or चेद् (ced))
    स यदि स्थावरा आपो भवन्ति ― sa yadi sthāvarā āpo bhavanti ― If those waters are stagnant
* (reduplicated) even then, nevertheless, notwithstanding

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “तद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0434.