As a Hindi name
यावत् · adj
जितना · सब । कुल — Śabdasāgara
यावत् · adv
जब तक · जहाँ तक — Śabdasāgara
यावत् · yāvat · adv.
As greatly; as much as, as many as; as often as; as far as — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1248
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
as soon as, the moment that, until that, till, until, &c. &c. (in these senses used with either pres. Pot. fut. impf., or aor., or with the simple copula). yāvat with the 1st sg. o…
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "yāvat" is derived from "yā" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
yā (ā), f. going; a car
restraining, religious meditation
yāvat mf(atī)n. (fr. 3. ya; correlative of tāvat, q.v.) as great, as large, as much, as many, as often, as frequent, as far, as long, as old &c. (or how great &c. = quantus, quot or qualis), RV. &c. &c. (yāvantaḥ kiyantaḥ, ‘as many as’, TBr.; yāvad vā yāvad vā, ‘as much as possible’, ŚBr.; yāvat tāvat, ‘so much as’, in alg. applied to the first unknown quantity [= x] or so much of the unknown as its co-efficient number; in this sense also expressed by the first syllable yā cf. IW. 182; iti yāvat in Comms. ‘just so much’, ‘only so’, ‘that is to say’, ‘such is the explanation’)
yāvat ind. as greatly as, as far as, as much or as many as
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
yāvat mf(atī)n. (fr. 3. ya; correlative of tāvat, q.v.) as great, as large, as much, as many, as often, as frequent, as far, as long, as old &c. (or how great &c. = quantus, quot or qualis), RV. &c. &c. (yāvantaḥ kiyantaḥ, ‘as many as’, TBr.; yāvad vā yāvad vā, ‘as much as possible’, ŚBr.; yāvat tāvat, ‘so much as’, in alg. applied to the first unknown quantity [= x] or so much of the unknown as its co-efficient number; in this sense also expressed by the first syllable yā cf. IW. 182; iti yāvat in Comms. ‘just so much’, ‘only so’, ‘that is to say’, ‘such is the explanation’)
yāvat ind. as greatly as, as far as, as much or as many as
as often as, whenever
as long as, whilst
as soon as, the moment that, until that, till, until, RV. &c. &c. (in these senses used with either pres. Pot. fut. impf., or aor., or with the simple copula). yāvat with the 1st sg. of pres., rarely of Pot., may denote an intended action and may be translated by ‘meanwhile’, ‘just’
yā (ā), f. going; a car
restraining, religious meditation
Alternative readings
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