piyā

See also: piya

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• पिया (Devanagari script)
• পিযা (Bengali script)
• පියා (Sinhalese script)
• ပိယာ or ပိယႃ (Burmese script)
• ปิยา (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິຍາ or ປິຢາ (Lao script)
• បិយា (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄨𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

piyā

1. inflection of piya (“dear”):
   1. nominative singular feminine
   2. ablative singular masculine/neuter
   3. nominative/vocative plural masculine
   4. nominative/vocative/accusative plural feminine

Noun

piyā

1. inflection of piya (“husband”):
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

Noun

piyā f

1. wife

   Bhūtapubbaṃ, ambaṭṭha, rājā okkāko yā sā mahesī piyā manāpā, tassā puttassa rajjaṃ pariṇāmetukāmo jeṭṭhakumāre raṭṭhasmā pabbājesi – okkāmukhaṃ karakaṇḍaṃ hatthinikaṃ sinisūraṃ.

   Long ago, Ambaṭṭha, King Okkāka, wanting to divert the succession in favour or the son of his favourite queen, banished his elder children—Okkāmukha, Karaṇḍa, Hatthinika, and Sinipura—from the land.

Declension

Declension table of "piyā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	piyā	piyāyo or piyā
Accusative (second)	piyaṃ	piyāyo or piyā
Instrumental (third)	piyāya	piyāhi or piyābhi
Dative (fourth)	piyāya	piyānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	piyāya	piyāhi or piyābhi
Genitive (sixth)	piyāya	piyānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	piyāya or piyāyaṃ	piyāsu
Vocative (calling)	piye	piyāyo or piyā

Noun

piyā

1. inflection of piya (“husband”):
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural