सव्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬯ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- সৱ্য (Assamese script)
- সব্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰪𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑌵𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- સવ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ꦱꦮꦾ (Javanese script)
- ಸವ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- သဝျ (Burmese script)
- 𑐳𑐰𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ସଵ୍ଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢮ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆮𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖪𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- సవ్య (Telugu script)
- སཝྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒫𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sawyás, from Proto-Indo-European *sewyós (“left, left-hand”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀 (haoiia, “left”), Proto-Slavic *šujь.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /s̪ɐʋ.jɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɐʋ.jɐ/
Adjective
सव्य • (savyá)
- left, left-hand
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- Antonym: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa)
Noun
सव्य • (savyá) m
- the left arm or hand
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of सव्य (savyá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सव्यः savyáḥ | सव्यौ savyaú | सव्याः / सव्यासः¹ savyā́ḥ / savyā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | सव्य sávya | सव्यौ sávyau | सव्याः / सव्यासः¹ sávyāḥ / sávyāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | सव्यम् savyám | सव्यौ savyaú | सव्यान् savyā́n |
Instrumental | सव्येन savyéna | सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām | सव्यैः / सव्येभिः¹ savyaíḥ / savyébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | सव्याय savyā́ya | सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām | सव्येभ्यः savyébhyaḥ |
Ablative | सव्यात् savyā́t | सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām | सव्येभ्यः savyébhyaḥ |
Genitive | सव्यस्य savyásya | सव्ययोः savyáyoḥ | सव्यानाम् savyā́nām |
Locative | सव्ये savyé | सव्ययोः savyáyoḥ | सव्येषु savyéṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
- सव्यसाचिन् (savyasācin, a name of Arjuna)
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva, “left, left-hand”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) , “सव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1191.