वलय

See also: विलय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वलय (valaya).

Noun

वलय • (valay) m (Urdu spelling ولی)

1. bracelet
2. armlet
3. ring

Declension

Declension of वलय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वलय valay	वलय valay
oblique	वलय valay	वलयों valayõ
vocative	वलय valay	वलयो valayo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वलय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱলয় (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
• বলয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဝလယ (Burmese script)
• વલય (Gujarati script)
• ਵਲਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂪𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ವಲಯ (Kannada script)
• វលយ (Khmer script)
• ວລຍ (Lao script)
• വലയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଵଲଯ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
• වලය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩽𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚥𑚣 (Takri script)
• வலய (Tamil script)
• వలయ (Telugu script)
• วลย (Thai script)
• ཝ་ལ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨬𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”), per Pokorny. However, later linguists such as Mayrhofer and Persson reject this etymology, preferring to link the word with either वल् (val, “to turn round”) or to Dravidian; compare Tamil வளை (vaḷai, “to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.lɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.l̪ɐ.jɐ/

Noun

वलय • (valaya) stem, m or n

1. a bracelet, armlet, ring (worn by men and women on the wrist)
   1. (figuratively) waves (as compared to bracelets)
2. a zone, girdle (of a married woman)
3. a line (of bees)
4. a circle, circumference, round enclosure

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वलय (valaya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वलयः valayaḥ	वलयौ / वलया¹ valayau / valayā¹	वलयाः / वलयासः¹ valayāḥ / valayāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वलय valaya	वलयौ / वलया¹ valayau / valayā¹	वलयाः / वलयासः¹ valayāḥ / valayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वलयम् valayam	वलयौ / वलया¹ valayau / valayā¹	वलयान् valayān
Instrumental	वलयेन valayena	वलयाभ्याम् valayābhyām	वलयैः / वलयेभिः¹ valayaiḥ / valayebhiḥ¹
Dative	वलयाय valayāya	वलयाभ्याम् valayābhyām	वलयेभ्यः valayebhyaḥ
Ablative	वलयात् valayāt	वलयाभ्याम् valayābhyām	वलयेभ्यः valayebhyaḥ
Genitive	वलयस्य valayasya	वलययोः valayayoḥ	वलयानाम् valayānām
Locative	वलये valaye	वलययोः valayayoḥ	वलयेषु valayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of वलय (valaya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वलयम् valayam	वलये valaye	वलयानि / वलया¹ valayāni / valayā¹
Vocative	वलय valaya	वलये valaye	वलयानि / वलया¹ valayāni / valayā¹
Accusative	वलयम् valayam	वलये valaye	वलयानि / वलया¹ valayāni / valayā¹
Instrumental	वलयेन valayena	वलयाभ्याम् valayābhyām	वलयैः / वलयेभिः¹ valayaiḥ / valayebhiḥ¹
Dative	वलयाय valayāya	वलयाभ्याम् valayābhyām	वलयेभ्यः valayebhyaḥ
Ablative	वलयात् valayāt	वलयाभ्याम् valayābhyām	वलयेभ्यः valayebhyaḥ
Genitive	वलयस्य valayasya	वलययोः valayayoḥ	वलयानाम् valayānām
Locative	वलये valaye	वलययोः valayayoḥ	वलयेषु valayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

वलय • (valaya) stem, m

1. a sore throat, inflammation of the larynx
2. a kind of circular military array
3. a branch
4. (in the plural) name of a people

Noun

वलय • (valaya) stem, n

1. name of certain round bones
2. multitude, swarm

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वलय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 927/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 461
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 162