य
See also: यूँ, ये, यों, यी, यो, या, and ਧ
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Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jə/ (may vary by language)
Letter
य (ya)
- The first semivowel of the Devanagari script. Linguistically, it is considered the palatal approximant.
See also
Ligatures:
- द्य (dya): द + य
- ह्य (hya): ह + य
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jə]
Letter
य • (ya)
- The twenty-first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jə/
Letter
य • (ya)
- the twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi
See also
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jə/
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Letter
य • (ya)
- The twenty-fifth consonant in Marathi.
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʌ/
Letter
य • (ya)
- The twenty-sixth consonant in Nepali.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- ya (Latin script)
- 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- য (Bengali 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)
- 𑄠 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
य m
- Devanagari script form of ya (“who (relative)”)
Declension
Declension table of "य" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | यो (yo) | ये (ye) |
Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) | ये (ye) |
Instrumental (third) | येन (yena) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi) | येसु (yesu) |
Pronoun
य n
- Devanagari script form of ya (“which (relative)”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।
- Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.
- Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.
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Usage notes
The case form यद् (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the halant and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.
Declension
Declension table of "य" (neuter)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | यं (yaṃ) or यद् (yad) | यानि (yāni) |
Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) or यद् (yad) | यानि (yāni) |
Instrumental (third) | येन (yena) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi) | येसु (yesu) |
Noun
य m
- the Pali letter 'y'
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- को यस्स यथा-सको।
- Ko yassa yathā-sako.
- 'K' from 'y' as in 'sako'.
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Declension
Declension table of "य" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular |
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Nominative (first) | यो (yo) |
Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) |
Instrumental (third) | येन (yena) |
Dative (fourth) | यस्स (yassa) or याय (yāya) or यत्थं (yatthaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā) or या (yā) |
Genitive (sixth) | यस्स (yassa) |
Locative (seventh) | यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi) or ये (ye) |
Vocative (calling) | य (ya) |
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /jɐ/
Letter
य • (ya)
- the twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
य • (ya) m
- (prosody) bacchius
- fame
- carriage
- light
- an act of restraining
- an act of joining
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of य (ya) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यः yaḥ | यौ yau | याः / यासः¹ yāḥ / yāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | य ya | यौ yau | याः / यासः¹ yāḥ / yāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | यम् yam | यौ yau | यान् yān |
Instrumental | येन yena | याभ्याम् yābhyām | यैः / येभिः¹ yaiḥ / yebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | याय yāya | याभ्याम् yābhyām | येभ्यः yebhyaḥ |
Ablative | यात् yāt | याभ्याम् yābhyām | येभ्यः yebhyaḥ |
Genitive | यस्य yasya | ययोः yayoḥ | यानाम् yānām |
Locative | ये ye | ययोः yayoḥ | येषु yeṣu |
Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0838.