# यदि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /jə.d̪iː/, [jɐ.d̪iː]

### Conjunction

यदि • (yadi) (Urdu spelling یدی) (formal)
* if
* whether
* though

#### Synonyms

* अगर (agar)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jə.d̪i/, [jə.d̪iː]

### Conjunction

यदि • (yadi) (literary, rare)
* if
* perhaps

#### Synonyms

* जर (jar) (standard)
* यदाकदाचित् (yadākdācit)

### References

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

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ed̪i]
* Phonetic Devanagari: एदि

### Conjunction

यदि • (yadi)
* (used with भने (bhane)) if
    यदि भोलि पानी पर्यो भने, म कार्यालय जान्नँ।yadi bholi pānī paryo bhane, ma kāryālaya jānnã.If it rains tomorrow, I'm not going to office.
* supposing that

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* यदी (yádī) — Vedic

### Alternative scripts

* যদি (Assamese script)
* ᬬᬤᬶ (Balinese script)
* যদি (Bengali script)
* 𑰧𑰟𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ယဒိ (Burmese script)
* યદિ (Gujarati script)
* ਯਦਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌯𑌦𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦪꦢꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂨𑂠𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಯದಿ (Kannada script)
* យទិ (Khmer script)
* ຍທິ (Lao script)
* യദി (Malayalam script)
* ᠶᠠᡩᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘧𑘟𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧇𑦿𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐫𑐡𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଯଦି (Odia script)
* ꢫꢣꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆪𑆢𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖧𑖟𑖰 (Siddham script)
* යදි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩻𑩭𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚣𑚛𑚮 (Takri script)
* யதி³ (Tamil script)
* యది (Telugu script)
* ยทิ (Thai script)
* ཡ་དི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒨𑒠𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨪𑨛𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyádi (“if, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós (“that, who, which”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬜𐬌 (ye$^i$δi), 𐬫𐬈𐬜𐬌 (yeδi, “if, when”), Old Persian 𐎹𐎮𐎹 (y-di-y /⁠yadiy⁠/, “if”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /jɐ́.di/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /jɐ.d̪i/

### Conjunction

यदि • (yádi)
* if; in case that
    यदि अहं तस्याः गृहं गच्छेयम्, तर्हि अहं तुष्येयम्। ― yadi ahaṃ tasyāḥ gṛhaṃ gaccheyam, tarhi ahaṃ tuṣyeyam. ― If I had gone to his house then I would have been happy.

#### Usage notes

* This conjunction is indeclinable.

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨩𐨡𐨁 (yadi)
** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀬𑀇 (yaï), 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (yadi)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï)
*** Old Bengali: জই
*** Old Gujarati: जइ (jaï)
**** Marwari: जे (je), जै (jai), जइ (jai)
*** Maithili:
    Devanagari script: जँ (jã), जऽ (ja²), ज' (ja')
    Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒿 (jã), 𑒖𑓄, 𑒖' (ja')
*** Old Marathi: jaiṃ
    Devanagari script: जैं
    Modi script: 𑘕𑘺𑘽
**** Marathi: जई (jaī) (poetic)
*** Old Punjabi: ਜਿ (ji), ਜੇ (je)
**** Punjabi: jē
    Gurmukhi script: ਜੇ
    Shahmukhi script: جے
**** ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਜੇਕਰਿ (jēkari)
*** Sindhi: je
    Arabic script: جي
    Devanagari script: जे
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï), 𑀚𑀤𑀺 (jadi)
* → Pali: yadi (learned)
* → Bengali: যদি (jodi) (learned)
* → Hindi: यदि (yadi) (learned)
* → Nepali: यदि (yadi) (learned)
* → Odia: ଯଦି (jadi) (learned)
* → Punjabi: ਜਦੋਂ (jadõ), ਜੱਦ (jadda)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “यदि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 844/3, 845/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 390; 397