या

BrajEdit

PronounEdit

या (yā)

oblique of यह (yah)
Synonym: इहिं (ihĩ)

HindiEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jɑː/, [jäː]

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (yâ).

ConjunctionEdit

या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا‎)

or
क्या आपको चाय या कॉफ़ी चाहिए?
kyā āpko cāy yā kŏfī cāhie?
Would you like tea or coffee?

कौन बड़ा है, सुमित या सुमन?
kaun baṛā hai, sumit yā suman?
Who's bigger, Sumit or Suman?

Synonyms: अथवा (athvā), वा (vā), कि (ki)

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Arabic يا‎ (yā).

InterjectionEdit

या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا‎)

oh!
या अल्लाह, क्या हो गया है!
yā allāh, kyā ho gayā hai!
Oh my god, what has happened! (Islam)

Synonyms: (more common) अरे (are), हे (he)

NepaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [jä]
Phonetic Devanagari: या

ConjunctionEdit

या • (yā)

or

NewarEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ja]

PostpositionEdit

या • (yā) (Newa Spelling 𑐫𑐵)

marks the genitive case: of, belonging to

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

yā (Latin script)
𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
যা (Bengali script)
යා (Sinhalese script)
ယာ or ယႃ (Burmese script)
ยา (Thai script)
ᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ຍາ or ຢາ (Lao script)
យា (Khmer script)

PronounEdit

या f

Devanagari script form of yā (“who”)

DeclensionEdit

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)

SanskritEdit

Alternative scriptsEdit

Alternative scripts

ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
যা (Assamese script)
যা (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
યા (Gujarati script)
ꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
យា (Khmer script)
ಯಾ (Kannada script)
ຍາ (Lao script)
𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
ယာ (Burmese script)
𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
ଯା (Oriya script)
ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
యా (Telugu script)
ยา (Thai script)
ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

EtymologyEdit

From इ (i) +‎ -आ (-ā).

PronunciationEdit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /jɑː/

NounEdit

या • (yā) f

DeclensionEdit

Feminine ā-stem declension of या (yā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	याः yāḥ	यौ yau	याः yāḥ
Vocative	याः yāḥ	यौ yau	याः yāḥ
Accusative	याम् yām	यौ yau	याः / यः¹ yāḥ / yaḥ¹
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 / याम्¹ yānām / yām¹
Locative	यि yi	योः yoḥ	यासु yāsu
Notes	¹Perhaps

ReferencesEdit

Monier Williams (1899), “या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 849.