इदम्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ইদম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬤᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ইদম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰟𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀤𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဣဒမ် (Burmese script)
• ઇદમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਦਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌦𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦢꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂠𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಇದಮ್ (Kannada script)
• ឥទម៑ (Khmer script)
• ອິທມ຺ (Lao script)
• ഇദമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡩᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘟𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᢑᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑦿𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐡𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଇଦମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢣꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆢𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖟𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඉදම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩭𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚛𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• இத³ம் (Tamil script)
• ఇదమ్ (Telugu script)
• อิทมฺ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ད་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒠𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨛𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *id. Compare Latin id. Compare the feminine and masculine forms इयम् f (iyám) and अयम् m (ayám).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /i.dɐ́m/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈi.d̪ɐm/

Pronoun

इदम् • (idám) n

1. this (something near to the speaker)

Declension

Declension of इदम्
Nom. sg.	इदम् (idam)
Gen. sg.	अस्य (asya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इदम् (idam)	इमे (ime)	इमानि (imāni)
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	इदम् (idam)	इमे (ime)	इमानि (imāni)
Instrumental	अनेन (anena)	आभ्याम् (ābhyām)	एभिः (ebhiḥ)
Dative	अस्मै (asmai)	आभ्याम् (ābhyām)	एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ)
Ablative	अस्मात् (asmāt)	आभ्याम् (ābhyām)	एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ)
Genitive	अस्य (asya)	अनयोः (anayoḥ)	एषाम् (eṣām)
Locative	अस्मिन् (asmin)	अनयोः (anayoḥ)	एषु (eṣu)

Adverb

इदम् • (idám)

1. (chiefly Vedic) here

   Synonym: अत्र (atra)

2. now, just
3. in this manner
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.53.31

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इदम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 165.