य
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य (ya)
- The first semivowel of the Devanagari script. Linguistically, it is considered the palatal approximant.
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Dhivehi Edit
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य • (ya)
- The twenty-first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
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य • (ya)
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- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, 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 (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
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य • (ya)
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य • (ya)
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Alternative forms
Pronoun Edit
य m
- Devanagari script form of ya (“who (relative)”)
Declension Edit
Declension table of "य" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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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 Edit
य n
- Devanagari script form of ya (“which (relative)”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1], 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.
Usage notes Edit
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.
Declension Edit
Declension table of "य" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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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) |
Noun Edit
य m
- the Pali letter 'y'
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][2], 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 Edit
Declension table of "य" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular |
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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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Etymology 1 Edit
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य • (ya)
Etymology 2 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun Edit
य • (ya) m
Declension Edit
Masculine a-stem declension of य (ya) | |||
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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 |
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References Edit
- Monier Williams (1899), “य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0838.