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Yoda en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈjəʊdə/
  • yō'də
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

The character was introduced in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Perhaps from Sanskrit योद्धा (yoddhā, “warrior”), nominative singular of योद्धृ (yoddhṛ).

Meanings

  1. A wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise.
  2. (attributive) Denoting an odd or eccentric word order, as typified by Yoda in lines such as: "Into exile I must go. Failed I have."
    • You translated the words correctly, but the sentences are very Yoda-like. Perhaps you should review your grammar.

Deriveds

Yoda notation · Yodalike · Yodaspeak · Yodaish · Yoda worm · Yoda condition · Yodaesque

Descendants

Yoda

Translations (25)

mk Јода (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · pl Yoda (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · it Yoda (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · ko 요다 (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · kk Йода (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · bg Йода (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · fa یودا (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · bn ইয়োডা (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · yue 尤達 /尤达 (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · ru Йода (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · eo Joda (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · th โยดา (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · hi योद्धा (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · be Ёда (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · ja ヨーダ (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · gu યોડા (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · hi योडा (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · he יוֹדָּה (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · ar يُودَا (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · de Yoda (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · ta யொடா (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · ur یوڈا (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · cmn 尤達 /尤达 (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · es Yoda (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise) · el Γιόντα (wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise)