या
Braj edit
Pronoun edit
या (yā)
See also edit
- इस (is) (hindi eqivalent)
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian یا (yā).
Conjunction edit
Etymology 2 edit
Interjection edit
Nepali edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
या • (yā)
Newar edit
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Pronoun edit
या f
- Devanagari script form of yā (“who”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "या" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | या (yā) | यायो (yāyo) or या (yā) |
| Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) | यायो (yāyo) or या (yā) |
| Instrumental (third) | याय (yāya) | याहि (yāhi) or याभि (yābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | याय (yāya) or यस्सा (yassā) | यासं (yāsaṃ) or यासानं (yāsānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | याय (yāya) | याहि (yāhi) or याभि (yābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | याय (yāya) or यस्सा (yassā) | यासं (yāsaṃ) or यासानं (yāsānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | याय (yāya) or यायं (yāyaṃ) or यस्सं (yassaṃ) | यासु (yāsu) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- যা (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ယာ (Burmese script)
- યા (Gujarati script)
- ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- យា (Khmer script)
- ຍາ (Lao script)
- യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- யா (Tamil script)
- యా (Telugu script)
- ยา (Thai script)
- ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go”).
Root edit
या • (yā)
- to go, proceed, move, walk, set out, march, advance, travel, journey
- to go away, withdraw, retire
- to flee, escape
- to go towards or against, go or come to, enter, approach, arrive at, reach
- to go to a woman for sexual intercourse
- to go to for any purpose
- to extend to
- to last for
- to pass away, elapse (said of time)
- to vanish, disappear (as wealth)
- to come to pass, prosper, succeed
- to proceed, behave, act
- to find out, discover
- to receive or learn (a science) from
- to undertake, undergo
Derived terms edit
- अयान् (ayān)
- अयासम् (ayāsam)
- अयासिषम् (ayāsiṣam)
- अयीयपत् (ayīyapat)
- अयुः (ayuḥ)
- ईयायते (īyāyate)
- यय (yaya)
- ययाथ (yayātha)
- ययुः (yayuḥ)
- यये (yaye)
- ययौ (yayau)
- यातवे (yātave)
- यातवै (yātavai)
- याता (yātā)
- याति (yāti)
- यातु (yātu)
- यातुम् (yātum)
- यात्वा (yātvā)
- यापयति (yāpayati)
- यामहे (yāmahe)
- यायते (yāyate)
- याययते (yāyayate)
- यायाति (yāyāti)
- यायेति (yāyeti)
- यासत् (yāsat)
- यासिषत् (yāsiṣat)
- यासिषीष्ठास् (yāsiṣīṣṭhās)
- यास्यति (yāsyati)
- यास्यते (yāsyate)
- यियासति (yiyāsati)
- येषम् (yeṣam)
- यै (yai)
Noun edit
या • (yā) stem, f
Declension edit
| Feminine ā-stem declension of या (yā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | याः yāḥ |
यौ / या¹ yau / yā¹ |
याः yāḥ |
| Vocative | याः yāḥ |
यौ / या¹ yau / yā¹ |
याः yāḥ |
| Accusative | याम् yām |
यौ / या¹ yau / yā¹ |
याः / यः² yāḥ / yaḥ² |
| Instrumental | या yā |
याभ्याम् yābhyām |
याभिः yābhiḥ |
| Dative | ये ye |
याभ्याम् yābhyām |
याभ्यः yābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | यः yaḥ |
याभ्याम् yābhyām |
याभ्यः yābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | यः yaḥ |
योः yoḥ |
यानाम् / याम्² yānām / yām² |
| Locative | यि yi |
योः yoḥ |
यासु yāsu |
| Notes |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to beg, request”). Cognate with Tocharian B yāsk- (“to beg”), Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, ardor”), Old Irish áilid (“wishes strongly, implores”). याच् (yāc) is likely an enlargement of the root.
Root edit
या • (yā)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 838/2, 849/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 407-408
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 617-8
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210