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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA wise, elderly Jedi Master in the Star Wars franchise. · Denoting an odd or eccentric word order, as typified by Yoda in lines such as: "Into exile I must go. Failed I have."
The character was introduced in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Perhaps from Sanskrit योद्धा (yoddhā, “warrior”), nominative singular of योद्धृ (yoddhṛ).
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- Borrowed-form mentionयोद्धाsa
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