संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

यावत्

जब तक

till then

संस्कृत — हिन्दी

यावत् — यया मात्रया।; "अहं भवतः यावत् धनं गृह्णामि तस्य गणना कर्तव्या।" (adjective)

Monier–Williams

यावत् — {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) &c. &c. ({yāvantaḥ kíyantaḥ}, 'as many as'##{yāvad vā yāvad vā}, 'as much as possible'##{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}, IW. 182##{iti yāvat} in Comms. 'just so much', 'only so', 'that is to say', 'such is the explanation')##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 &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'##{yāvad yāvad-tāvat tāvat}, 'as gradually as-so'##{yāvan na}, 'while not', 'before', 'till'##'if not', 'whether not'##{na yāvattāvat}, 'scarcely-when', 'no sooner-than'##{na param}, or {na kevalam-yāvat}, 'not only-but even.' Sometimes {yāvat} is also used as a preposition with a prec. or following acc., or with a following abl., rarely dat., e.g. {māsam ekaṃ yāvat}, 'during one month'##{sūryôdayaṃ yāvat}, 'until sunrise'##{sarpa-vivaraṃ yāvat}, 'up to the serpent's hole'##{yāvad} or {yāvad-ā samāpanāt}, 'until the completion'##{yāvad garbhasya paripākāya}, 'until the maturity of the fetus.' Sometimes also with a nom. followed by {iti} e.g. {anta iti yāvat}, 'as far as the end'##{pañca yāvad iti}, 'up to five'##or with another ind. word, e.g. {adya yāvat}, 'up to this day.' {yāvatā} ind. as far as, as long as##till, until (with Pot.) (with {na}, as long as not, before )##as soon as, the moment that##in as much as##{yāvati} ind. as long as, as far as &c.##{yāvati-tāvati}