Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
यातु · noun · masculine
आनेवाला · रास्ता चलनेवाला । पथिक · राक्षस — Śabdasāgara
यातु · yātu · s.m.
A goer; a traveller, wayfarer — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1247
यातु · masculine
one who goes or wanders; a demon, rakshasa; witchcraft, black magic
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi यातु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit यातु (yātú). Doublet of जादू (jādū).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yātu m. one who goes, a traveller, L.
‘going against, attack (?)’, sorcery, witchcraft, RV.; AV.; Kāṭh.; ŚBr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
one who goes, a traveller
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Dictionary citations
yātu m. one who goes, a traveller, L.
‘going against, attack (?)’, sorcery, witchcraft, RV.; AV.; Kāṭh.; ŚBr.
a kind of evil, spirit, fiend, demon, RV.; AV.; Kauś.
wind, L.
time, L.
Alternative readings
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