या
See also: यों, यूँ, यी, यो, य, and ये
Braj
Pronoun
या (yā)
- oblique of यह (yah)
- Synonym: इहिं (ihĩ)
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jɑː/, [jäː]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ).
Conjunction
या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا)
- or
- क्या आपको चाय या कॉफ़ी चाहिए?
- kyā āpko cāy yā kŏfī cāhie?
- Would you like tea or coffee?
- कौन बड़ा है, सुमित या सुमन?
- kaun baṛā hai, sumit yā suman?
- Who's bigger, Sumit or Suman?
- Synonyms: अथवा (athvā), वा (vā), कि (ki)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic يا (yā).
Interjection
या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا)
- oh!
- या अल्लाह, क्या हो गया है!
- yā allāh, kyā ho gayā hai!
- Oh my god, what has happened! (Islam)
- Synonyms: (more common) अरे (are), हे (he)
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: या
Conjunction
या • (yā)
- or
Newar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ja]
Postposition
या • (yā) (Newa Spelling 𑐫𑐵)
- marks the genitive case: of, belonging to
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- yā (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi 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)
Pronoun
या f
- Devanagari script form of yā (“who”)
Declension
Declension table of "या" (feminine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | या (yā) | यायो (yāyo) or या (yā) |
Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) | यायो (yāyo) or या (yā) |
Instrumental (third) | याय (yāya) | याहि (yāhi) or याभि (yābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | याय (yāya) or यस्सा (yassā) | यासं (yāsaṃ) or यासानं (yāsānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | याय (yāya) | याहि (yāhi) or याभि (yābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | याय (yāya) or यस्सा (yassā) | यासं (yāsaṃ) or यासानं (yāsānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | याय (yāya) or यायं (yāyaṃ) or यस्सं (yassaṃ) | यासु (yāsu) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- যা (Assamese script)
- যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- યા (Gujarati script)
- ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
- យា (Khmer script)
- ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- ຍາ (Lao script)
- യാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ယာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଯା (Oriya script)
- ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- යා (Sinhalese script)
- యా (Telugu script)
- ยา (Thai script)
- ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From इ (i) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /jɑː/
Noun
या • (yā) f
- going
- a car
- restraining
- religious meditation
- attaining
- pudendum muliebre
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of या (yā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | याः yāḥ | यौ yau | याः yāḥ |
Vocative | याः yāḥ | यौ yau | याः yāḥ |
Accusative | याम् yām | यौ yau | याः / यः¹ yāḥ / yaḥ¹ |
Instrumental | या yā | याभ्याम् yābhyām | याभिः yābhiḥ |
Dative | ये ye | याभ्याम् yābhyām | याभ्यः yābhyaḥ |
Ablative | यः yaḥ | याभ्याम् yābhyām | याभ्यः yābhyaḥ |
Genitive | यः yaḥ | योः yoḥ | यानाम् / याम्¹ yānām / yām¹ |
Locative | यि yi | योः yoḥ | यासु yāsu |
Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 849.