یا
See also: يا and ئا
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /jɑː/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /jɑː/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /jɒː/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /jɔ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾywp /ayāb/), Manichaean: 𐫀𐫏𐫀𐫁 (ʾyʾb /ayāb/). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫃𐫀𐫖 (ʾgʾm /āgām/). Further etymology unclear; not found in Old Persian.
Conjunction
Dari | یا |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ё (yo) |
یا • (yâ)
- or
- امروز یا فردا میروید؟ (more literary)
- emruz yâ fardâ mi-ravid?
- امرو یا فردا میرین؟ (more colloquial)
- emru yâ fardâ mi-rin?
- Are you going today or tomorrow?
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:
- عزم دیدار تو دارد جانِ بر لب آمده
باز گردد یا برآید؟ چیست فرمان شما؟- azm-i dīdār-i tu dārad jān-i bar lab āmada
bāz gardad yā bar-āyad? čī-st farmān-i šumā? - My soul, resolved to see you, has come to the edge;
Shall it go back, or come forth? Which do you command?
- azm-i dīdār-i tu dārad jān-i bar lab āmada
- either
- یا امروز یا فردا
- yâ emruz yâ fardâ
- either today or tomorrow
Descendants
- → Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: يا (ya)
- Gulf Arabic: يا ... يا (yā ... yā)
- South Levantine Arabic: يا (ya)
- → Bashkir: йә (yä)
- → Hindustani: yā
- Hindi: या
- Urdu: يا
- → Phalura: yaá/یا
- → Kannada: ಯಾ (yā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: یا (ya)
- Turkish: ya
- → Turkmen: ýa
Etymology 2
From Arabic يَا (yā).
Interjection
Dari | یا |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ё (yo) |
یا • (yâ)
- (chiefly in religious set phrases) O
- Synonym: ای (ey)
- یا علی ― yâ ali ― O Ali
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /jɑː/
Etymology 1
From Persian یا.
Conjunction
یا • (yā) (Hindi spelling या)
- or
Etymology 2
From Arabic يا.
Interjection
یا • (yā)
- oh!