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या ()

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

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /jɑː/, [jäː]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian یا ().

Conjunction

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या () (Urdu spelling یا)

  1. or
    Synonyms: अथवा (athvā), वा (), कि (ki)
    क्या आपको चाय या कॉफ़ी चाहिए?
    kyā āpko cāy kŏfī cāhie?
    Would you like tea or coffee?
    कौन बड़ा है, सुमित या सुमन?
    kaun baṛā hai, sumit suman?
    Who's bigger, Sumit or Suman?

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic يا ().

Interjection

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या () (Urdu spelling یا)

  1. O (vocative particle)
    Synonyms: (more common) अरे (are), हे (he)
    या ख़ुदा, क्या हो गया है!
    xudā, kyā ho gayā hai!
    O God, what has happened! (Islam)

Nepali

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Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

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या ()

  1. or

Newar

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Pronunciation

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Postposition

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या () (Newa Spelling 𑐫𑐵)

  1. marks the genitive case: of, belonging to

Pali

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Pronoun

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या f

  1. Devanagari script form of (“who”)

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (to go).

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    या ()

    1. to go, proceed, move, walk, set out, march, advance, travel, journey
    2. to go away, withdraw, retire
    3. to flee, escape
    4. to go towards or against, go or come to, enter, approach, arrive at, reach
    5. to go to a woman for sexual intercourse
    6. to go to for any purpose
    7. to extend to
    8. to last for
    9. to pass away, elapse (said of time)
    10. to vanish, disappear (as wealth)
    11. to come to pass, prosper, succeed
    12. to proceed, behave, act
    13. to find out, discover
    14. to receive or learn (a science) from
    15. to undertake, undergo
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    या () stemf

    1. going
    2. a car
    3. restraining
    4. religious meditation
    5. attaining
    6. pudendum muliebre
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    Feminine ā-stem declension of या
    singular dual plural
    nominative याः (yāḥ) यौ (yau)
    या¹ (yā¹)
    याः (yāḥ)
    accusative याम् (yām) यौ (yau)
    या¹ (yā¹)
    याः (yāḥ)
    यः² (yaḥ²)
    instrumental या () याभ्याम् (yābhyām) याभिः (yābhiḥ)
    dative ये (ye) याभ्याम् (yābhyām) याभ्यः (yābhyaḥ)
    ablative यः (yaḥ) याभ्याम् (yābhyām) याभ्यः (yābhyaḥ)
    genitive यः (yaḥ) योः (yoḥ) यानाम् (yānām)
    याम्² (yām²)
    locative यि (yi) योः (yoḥ) यासु (yāsu)
    vocative याः (yāḥ) यौ (yau)
    या¹ (yā¹)
    याः (yāḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    • ²Perhaps

    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (to beg, request). Cognate with Tocharian B yāsk- (to beg), Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, zeal, ardor), Old Irish áilid (wishes strongly, implores). याच् (yāc) is likely an enlargement of the root.

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    या ()

    1. to go to for any request, implore, solicit
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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 838/2, 849/1.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 131
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 407-408
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 617-8
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210