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Pali
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Pronoun
मया
- Devanagari script form of mayā, which is instrumental/ablative singular of अहं (ahaṃ, “me”)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ময়া (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- ময়া (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မယာ (Burmese script)
- મયા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಯಾ (Kannada script)
- មយា (Khmer script)
- ມຍາ (Lao script)
- മയാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମଯା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මයා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- மயா (Tamil script)
- మయా (Telugu script)
- มยา (Thai script)
- མ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
मया • (mayā) stem, f
- medical treatment
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH, the instrumental singular of *aȷ́ʰám (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om.
Pronoun
मया • (mayā)
- instrumental singular of अहम् (aham)