U+092F, य
DEVANAGARI LETTER YA

[U+092E]
Devanagari
[U+0930]

Translingual Edit

 

Pronunciation Edit

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

Letter Edit

(ya)

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

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Ligatures:

Dhivehi Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

(ya)

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

Hindi Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

(ya)

  1. the twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi

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Marathi Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /jə/
  • (file)

Letter Edit

(ya)

  1. The twenty-fifth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

(ya)

  1. The twenty-sixth consonant in Nepali.

Pali Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Pronoun Edit

 m

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

Declension Edit

Pronoun Edit

 n

  1. 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

Noun Edit

 m

  1. 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'.

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Sanskrit Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Letter Edit

(ya)

  1. the twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit

Etymology 2 Edit

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

Noun Edit

(yam

  1. (prosody) bacchius
  2. fame
  3. carriage
  4. light
  5. an act of restraining
  6. an act of joining
Declension Edit
Masculine a-stem declension of (ya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यः
yaḥ
यौ
yau
याः / यासः¹
yāḥ / yāsaḥ¹
Vocative
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

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