Yod or YOD may refer to:
Language
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Yod (sound)
The voiced palatal approximant, or yod, is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j, and in the Americanist phonetic n ...
, the /j/ glide—as in the English word ''yous initial phoneme
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Yodh, the tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets
People
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Father Yod (1922–1975), American esoteric spiritual leader and restaurateur
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Leslie Daiken (1912–1964; nicknamed ''Yod''), Irish writer, editor and activist
Other uses
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Yod (astrology)
Yod is the astrological formation of two astral bodies (luminaries, planets, asteroids, et cetera) or calculated points (such as midheaven) sextile (60°, 1/6 the zodiac compass) to each other and a third quincunx / inconjunct (150°, 5/12 the ...
, an aspect formation
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CFB Cold Lake, a Royal Canadian Air Force base in Alberta (IATA code: YOD)
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Year of the Dolphin, a 2007 United Nations Environment Programme observance
* Yods, characters in the 1999 ''
Outcast'' video game
See also
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Ecstatic Yod (label)
Ecstatic Yod, otherwise known as Father Yod, is a record label run by music critic Byron Coley. In 1993 the label partnered with Thurston Moore's label Ecstatic Peace and began releasing records under the name "Ecstatic Yod." Ecstatic Yod opera ...
, a record label run by music critic Byron Coley
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Yad
A yad (, literally "hand"; ''hant'', "hand") is a Jewish ritual pointer, popularly known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading from the parchment Torah scrolls. It is often shaped like a long rod, cap ...
, the Jewish religious pointing device
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Yod-dropping and
yod-coalescence, sound changes in English
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