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]

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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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Hindi

Pronunciation

• 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,‎ 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,‎ ष़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /jɐ/

Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit.

Noun

य • (ya) m

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

References

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