ယာ
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ya • ALA-LC: yā • BGN/PCGN: ya • Okell: ya
Etymology 1
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)Uncertain. Compare with Tibetan ལ (la, “hillside, mountain pass”) and Chinese 野 (“open country, field, wilderness, countryside area”).
Noun
ယာ • (ya)
- farmland bearing crops rather than rice.
- hillside cultivation area
Etymology 2
From a Proto-Sino-Tibetan root. Cognate with Chinese 右 (“right-hand direction; west”).
Alternative forms
- ညာ (nya)
Noun
ယာ • (ya)
- right (direction).
- လက်ယာ ― lakya ― right hand
Verb
ယာ • (ya)
- to make betel quids
Classifier
ယာ • (ya)
- numerical classifier for counting betel quids
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- yā (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- या (Devanagari script)
- যা (Bengali script)
- යා (Sinhalese script)
- ယႃ (Burmese script)
- ยา (Thai script)
- ᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍາ or ຢາ (Lao script)
- យា (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
ယာ f
- Burmese script form of yā
Declension
Declension table of "ယာ" (feminine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | ယာ (yā) | ယာယော (yāyo) or ယာ (yā) |
Accusative (second) | ယံ (yaṃ) | ယာယော (yāyo) or ယာ (yā) |
Instrumental (third) | ယာယ (yāya) | ယာဟိ (yāhi) or ယာဘိ (yābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | ယာယ (yāya) or ယဿာ (yassā) | ယာသံ (yāsaṃ) or ယာသာနံ (yāsānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | ယာယ (yāya) | ယာဟိ (yāhi) or ယာဘိ (yābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | ယာယ (yāya) or ယဿာ (yassā) | ယာသံ (yāsaṃ) or ယာသာနံ (yāsānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | ယာယ (yāya) or ယာယံ (yāyaṃ) or ယဿံ (yassaṃ) | ယာသု (yāsu) |