सव्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৱ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬯ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• সব্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰪𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
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• ꦱꦮꦾ (Javanese script)
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• ಸವ್ಯ (Kannada script)
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• ສວ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• സവ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠸᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘪𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠧᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧊𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐰𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ସଵ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢮ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆮𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖪𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• සව්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩾 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚦𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஸவ்ய (Tamil script)
• సవ్య (Telugu script)
• สวฺย (Thai script)
• ས་ཝྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒫𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨭𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sawyás, from Proto-Indo-European *sewyós (“left, left-hand”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hauuiia, “left”), Proto-Slavic *šujь.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐʋ.jɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐʋ.jɐ/

Adjective

सव्य • (savyá) stem

1. left, left-hand

   Antonym: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.24.5:

     न ते॑ स॒व्यं न दक्षि॑णं॒ हस्तं॑ वरन्त आ॒मुरः॑ ।

     ná te savyáṃ ná dákṣiṇaṃ hástaṃ varanta āmúraḥ .

     [O Indra,], the destroyers block off neither thy left hand nor thy right

Noun

सव्य • (savyá) stem, m

1. the left arm or hand
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सव्य (savyá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सव्यः savyáḥ	सव्यौ / सव्या¹ savyaú / savyā́¹	सव्याः / सव्यासः¹ savyā́ḥ / savyā́saḥ¹
Vocative	सव्य sávya	सव्यौ / सव्या¹ sávyau / sávyā¹	सव्याः / सव्यासः¹ sávyāḥ / sávyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सव्यम् savyám	सव्यौ / सव्या¹ savyaú / savyā́¹	सव्यान् savyā́n
Instrumental	सव्येन savyéna	सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām	सव्यैः / सव्येभिः¹ savyaíḥ / savyébhiḥ¹
Dative	सव्याय savyā́ya	सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām	सव्येभ्यः savyébhyaḥ
Ablative	सव्यात् savyā́t	सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām	सव्येभ्यः savyébhyaḥ
Genitive	सव्यस्य savyásya	सव्ययोः savyáyoḥ	सव्यानाम् savyā́nām
Locative	सव्ये savyé	सव्ययोः savyáyoḥ	सव्येषु savyéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• सव्यसाचिन् (savyasācin, a name of Arjuna)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva, “left, left-hand”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1191.