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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জ্যা (Assamese script)
- ᬚ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- জ্যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဇျာ (Burmese script)
- જ્યા (Gujarati script)
- ਜ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಜ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- ជ្យា (Khmer script)
- ຊ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
- ജ്യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠶᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜ୍ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢙ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජ්යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஜ்யா (Tamil script)
- జ్యా (Telugu script)
- ชฺยา (Thai script)
- ཛྱཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH (“bow-string, string”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā), Persian زه (zeh), Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bow-string, tendon”), Middle Welsh gieu (“tendon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ज्या • (jyā́) stem, f
- a bowstring
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 6.75.3:
- व॒क्ष्यन्ती॒वेदा ग॑नीगन्ति॒ कर्णं॑ प्रि॒यं सखा॑यं परिषस्वजा॒ना।
योषे॑व शिङ्क्ते॒ वित॒ताधि॒ धन्व॒ञ्ज्या इ॒यं सम॑ने पा॒रय॑न्ती॥- vakṣyántīvédā́ ganīganti kárṇaṃ priyáṃ sákhāyaṃ pariṣasvajānā́.
yóṣeva śiṅkte vítatā́dhi dhánvañjyā́ iyáṃ sámane pāráyantī. - Close to his chariot, as fain to speak, She presses, holding her well-loved Friend in her embraces.
Strained on the Bow, She whispers like a woman-this Bowstring that preserves us in the combat.
c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE,
Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.11:
- प्रमुञ्च॒ धन्व॑न॒स्त्वमु॒भयो॒रार्त्नि॑यो॒र्ज्याम्।
याश्च॑ ते॒ हस्त॒ इष॑वः॒ परा॒ ता भ॑गवो वप॥- prámúñca dhánvanastvámubháyorā́rtniyorjyā́m.
yā́śca te hásta íṣavaḥ párā tā́ bhagavo vapa. - Unfasten the bowstring from the two notches of thy bow,
And cast thou down the arrows in thy hand.
- (trigonometry) sine
Declension
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ज्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 427, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “jyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Etymology 2
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “related to जि (ji)? or from another PIE root *ǵyeH (see Rix)?”
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Pronunciation
Root
ज्या • (jyā)
- to overpower, oppress
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- जीत (jītá, Past Participle)
- जीन (jīna, Past Participle)
- जीत्वा (jītvā, Gerund)
- ज्याय (jyāya, Gerund)
- ज्येय (jyeya, Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ज्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 56