वयम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱয়ম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বয়ম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝယမ် (Burmese script)
• વયમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਯਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦪꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂨𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
• វយម៑ (Khmer script)
• ວຍມ຺ (Lao script)
• വയമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଯମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වයම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩻𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚣𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• வயம் (Tamil script)
• వయమ్ (Telugu script)
• วยมฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཡ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨪𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wayám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayám, from Proto-Indo-European *weyóm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Old English wē (whence English we).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.jɐ́m/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.jɐm/

Pronoun

वयम् • (vayám)

1. we (nominative plural of अस्मद् (asmád))

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀅𑀁 (vaaṃ)
• Dardic:
  • Chilisso: [script needed] (be)
  • Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (bē)
  • Phalura: be
  • Savi: [script needed] (bē)
  • Shina:

    Gilgiti: [script needed] (be)

    Guresi: [script needed] (bē)

    Palesi: [script needed] (bē)

  • Kashmiri: بہٕ (bụ, “I”)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀅𑀁 (vaaṃ) (proscribed by grammarians)