য

See also: ঘ, য়, ষ, and যা

য U+09AF, য BENGALI LETTER YA ← ম [U+09AE] Bengali র → [U+09B0]

Contents

Translingual

Etymology

Cognate with Devanagari य (ya), Gujarati ય (ya), Tirhuta 𑒨/য

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Assamese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ/

Letter

য • (z)

1. The 37th character in the Assamese alphabet. It is called "Ôntôstô Zô"

See also

(Eastern Nagari script letters) অ,‎ আ,‎ ই,‎ ঈ,‎ উ,‎ ঊ,‎ ঋ,‎ এ,‎ ঐ,‎ ও,‎ ঔ,‎ অ’,‎ এ’,‎ ক,‎ খ,‎ গ,‎ ঘ,‎ ঙ,‎ চ,‎ ছ,‎ জ,‎ ঝ,‎ ঞ,‎ ট,‎ ঠ,‎ ড,‎ ঢ,‎ ণ,‎ প,‎ ফ,‎ ব,‎ ভ,‎ ম,‎ য,‎ ৰ,‎ ল,‎ ৱ,‎ শ,‎ ষ,‎ স,‎ হ,‎ ক্ষ,‎ ড়,‎ ঢ়,‎ য়,‎ ৎ,‎ ং,‎ ঃ,‎ ঁ ^{(Category: Assamese letters) [edit]}

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Bengali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔ/

Letter

য (j,y)

1. The 37th character in the Bengali abugida. Its name is "Antasta Ja".

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ya (Latin script)
• 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• य (Devanagari script)
• ය (Sinhalese script)
• ယ (Burmese script)
• ย or ยะ (Thai script)
• ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍ or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
• យ (Khmer script)

Pronoun

য m

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“who (relative)”)

Declension

Declension table of "য" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	যো	যে
Accusative (second)	যং	যে
Instrumental (third)	যেন	যেহি or যেভি
Dative (fourth)	যস্স	যেসং or যেসানং
Ablative (fifth)	যস্মা or যম্হা	যেহি or যেভি
Genitive (sixth)	যস্স	যেসং or যেসানং
Locative (seventh)	যস্মিং or যম্হি	যেসু

Pronoun

য n

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“which (relative)”)

Declension

Declension table of "য" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	যং or যদ্	যানি
Accusative (second)	যং or যদ্	যানি
Instrumental (third)	যেন	যেহি or যেভি
Dative (fourth)	যস্স	যেসং or যেসানং
Ablative (fifth)	যস্মা or যম্হা	যেহি or যেভি
Genitive (sixth)	যস্স	যেসং or যেসানং
Locative (seventh)	যস্মিং or যম্হি	যেসু

Usage notes

The case form যদ্ is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the hasant and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.