शय्या

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शय्या (śayyā). Doublet of सेज (sej).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃəj.jɑː/, [ʃɐj.jäː]

Noun

शय्या • (śayyā) m

1. bed
2. couch, sofa
3. bedstead

Declension

Declension of शय्या (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शय्या śayyā	शय्याएँ śayyāẽ
oblique	शय्या śayyā	शय्याओं śayyāõ
vocative	शय्या śayyā	शय्याओ śayyāo

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শয়্যা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬬ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• শয়্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰧𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀬𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐယျာ (Burmese script)
• શય્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਯ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌯𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦪꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂨𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಯ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝយ្យា (Khmer script)
• ຨຍ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• ശയ്യാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠶᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘧𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧇𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐫𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶଯ୍ଯା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢫ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆪𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖧𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශය‍්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩻 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚣𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶய்யா (Tamil script)
• శయ్యా (Telugu script)
• ศยฺยา (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཡྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒨𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨪𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root शी (śī) +‎ -या (-yā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐj.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕeː.jɑː/
• Hyphenation: शय्‧या

Noun

शय्या • (śayyā) stem, f (root शी)

1. bed, couch, sofa
2. the act of sleeping or lying down
3. rhetorical composition, or a particular rhetorical figure involving stringing words together

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शय्या (śayyā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शय्या śayyā	शय्ये śayye	शय्याः śayyāḥ
Vocative	शय्ये śayye	शय्ये śayye	शय्याः śayyāḥ
Accusative	शय्याम् śayyām	शय्ये śayye	शय्याः śayyāḥ
Instrumental	शय्यया / शय्या¹ śayyayā / śayyā¹	शय्याभ्याम् śayyābhyām	शय्याभिः śayyābhiḥ
Dative	शय्यायै śayyāyai	शय्याभ्याम् śayyābhyām	शय्याभ्यः śayyābhyaḥ
Ablative	शय्यायाः / शय्यायै² śayyāyāḥ / śayyāyai²	शय्याभ्याम् śayyābhyām	शय्याभ्यः śayyābhyaḥ
Genitive	शय्यायाः / शय्यायै² śayyāyāḥ / śayyāyai²	शय्ययोः śayyayoḥ	शय्यानाम् śayyānām
Locative	शय्यायाम् śayyāyām	शय्ययोः śayyayoḥ	शय्यासु śayyāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: seyyā
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (sĕjjā), 𑀲𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (sijjā)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: सेज (sej)
      • Gujarati: સેજ (sej)
      • Hindustani: sej
        • Hindi: सेज
        • Urdu: سیج
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: সেজা (xeza)
      • Bengali: সেজ (Sej), সেঁজ (śẽj)
      • Bihari: सजेआ (sajeā), सजिया (sajiyā)
        • Bhojpuri: सेज (sēj)
        • Maithili: सेज (sēj)
      • Odia: ସେଜ (seja), ସେସ (sesa)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: सेज (sej)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: सेज (sej)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: އެނދު (eⁿdu)
      • Sinhalese: සී (sī), ඇඳ (æⁿda)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: शेज (śej̈)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: sej, chej

        Gurmukhi script: ਸੇਜ, ਚੇਜ

        Shahmukhi script: سیج, چیج

    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: seja

        Arabic script: سيجِ

        Devanagari script: सेज

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: शय्या (śayyā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शय्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1056.