yā

yā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ya"

Mandarin

Romanization

yā (ya¹, Zhuyin ㄧㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴨, 鸭.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 丫.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 劜.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壓, 压.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厌.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厫.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呀.
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哐.
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啛.
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圧.
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孲.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 庘.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 押.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枏.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柒.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 椏, 桠.
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猏.
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閗.
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雁.
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴉, 鸦.
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵨.
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵶.
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埡, 垭.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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 or ຢາ (Lao script)
• យា (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

feminine of ya (“who”)

Pronoun

yā f

1. (relative) who, which, that

Declension

Declension table of "yā" (feminine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	yā	yāyo or yā
Accusative (second)	yaṃ	yāyo or yā
Instrumental (third)	yāya	yāhi or yābhi
Dative (fourth)	yāya or yassā	yāsaṃ or yāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	yāya	yāhi or yābhi
Genitive (sixth)	yāya or yassā	yāsaṃ or yāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	yāya or yāyaṃ or yassaṃ	yāsu

References

• Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “yā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead