ຢາ

See also: ຢ່າ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Cognate with Thai ยา (yaa), Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lü ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Tai Dam ꪤꪱ, Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel, Zhuang yw.

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [jaː˩(˧)]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [jaː˩˨]
• Hyphenation: ຢາ
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ຢາ • (yā)

1. medicine

Derived terms

• ຖົງຢາ (thong yā)
• ຢາສູບ (yā sūp)
• ຮ້ານຂາຍຢາ (hān khāi yā)
• ແອບຢາ (ʼǣp yā)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yā (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• या (Devanagari script)
• যা (Bengali script)
• යා (Sinhalese script)
• ယာ or ယႃ (Burmese script)
• ยา (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາ (Lao script)
• យា (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

ຢາ f

1. Thai script form of yā (“who”)

Declension

Declension table of "ຢາ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ຢາ (yā)	ຢາໂຢ (yāyo) or ຢາ (yā)
Accusative (second)	ຢໍ (yaṃ) or ຢັງ (yaṃ)	ຢາໂຢ (yāyo) or ຢາ (yā)
Instrumental (third)	ຢາຢ (yāya) or ຢາຢະ (yāya)	ຢາຫິ (yāhi) or ຢາພິ (yābi) or ຢາຠິ (yābhi) or ຢາພ຺ິ (yābhi)
Dative (fourth)	ຢາຢ (yāya) or ຢາຢະ (yāya) or ຢສ຺ສາ (yassā) or ຢັສສາ (yassā)	ຢາສໍ (yāsaṃ) or ຢາສານໍ (yāsānaṃ) or ຢາສັງ (yāsaṃ) or ຢາສານັງ (yāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ຢາຢ (yāya) or ຢາຢະ (yāya)	ຢາຫິ (yāhi) or ຢາພິ (yābi) or ຢາຠິ (yābhi) or ຢາພ຺ິ (yābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ຢາຢ (yāya) or ຢາຢະ (yāya) or ຢສ຺ສາ (yassā) or ຢັສສາ (yassā)	ຢາສໍ (yāsaṃ) or ຢາສານໍ (yāsānaṃ) or ຢາສັງ (yāsaṃ) or ຢາສານັງ (yāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ຢາຢ (yāya) or ຢາຢໍ (yāyaṃ) or ຢາຢະ (yāya) or ຢາຢັງ (yāyaṃ) or ຢສ຺ສໍ (yassaṃ) or ຢັສສັງ (yassaṃ)	ຢາສຸ (yāsu)