य

See also: यूँ, ये, यों, यी, यो, या, and ਧ

य U+092F, य DEVANAGARI LETTER YA ← म [U+092E] Devanagari र → [U+0930]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

य (ya)

1. The first semivowel of the Devanagari script. Linguistically, it is considered the palatal approximant.

See also

Ligatures:

• द्य (dya): द + य
• ह्य (hya): ह + य

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Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jə]

Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

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Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jə/

Letter

य • (ya)

1. the twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi

See also

• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ऌ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ फ़,‎ श़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}

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Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə/

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Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-fifth consonant in Marathi.

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʌ/

Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-sixth consonant in Nepali.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ya (Latin script)
• 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• য (Bengali script)
• ය (Sinhalese script)
• ယ (Burmese script)
• ย or ยะ (Thai script)
• ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍ or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
• យ (Khmer script)

Pronoun

य m

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“who (relative)”)

Declension

Declension table of "य" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	यो (yo)	ये (ye)
Accusative (second)	यं (yaṃ)	ये (ye)
Instrumental (third)	येन (yena)	येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	यस्स (yassa)	येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā)	येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	यस्स (yassa)	येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi)	येसु (yesu)

Pronoun

य n

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“which (relative)”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (in Pali), page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Declension

Declension table of "य" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	यं (yaṃ) or यद् (yad)	यानि (yāni)
Accusative (second)	यं (yaṃ) or यद् (yad)	यानि (yāni)
Instrumental (third)	येन (yena)	येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	यस्स (yassa)	येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā)	येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	यस्स (yassa)	येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi)	येसु (yesu)

Usage notes

The case form यद् (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the halant and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.

Noun

य m

1. the Pali letter 'y'
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2] (in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     को यस्स यथा-सको।

     Ko yassa yathā-sako.

     'K' from 'y' as in 'sako'.

Declension

Declension table of "य" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	यो (yo)
Accusative (second)	यं (yaṃ)
Instrumental (third)	येन (yena)
Dative (fourth)	यस्स (yassa) or याय (yāya) or यत्थं (yatthaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā) or या (yā)
Genitive (sixth)	यस्स (yassa)
Locative (seventh)	यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi) or ये (ye)
Vocative (calling)	य (ya)

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /jɐ/

Etymology 1

Letter

य • (ya)

1. the twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

य • (ya) m

1. (prosody) bacchius
2. fame
3. carriage
4. light
5. an act of restraining
6. an act of joining

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of य (ya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यः yaḥ	यौ yau	याः / यासः¹ yāḥ / yāsaḥ¹
Vocative	य ya	यौ yau	याः / यासः¹ yāḥ / yāsaḥ¹
Accusative	यम् yam	यौ yau	यान् yān
Instrumental	येन yena	याभ्याम् yābhyām	यैः / येभिः¹ yaiḥ / yebhiḥ¹
Dative	याय yāya	याभ्याम् yābhyām	येभ्यः yebhyaḥ
Ablative	यात् yāt	याभ्याम् yābhyām	येभ्यः yebhyaḥ
Genitive	यस्य yasya	ययोः yayoḥ	यानाम् yānām
Locative	ये ye	ययोः yayoḥ	येषु yeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0838.