य

य U+092F, य DEVANAGARI LETTER YA ← म Devanagari र →

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

य (ya)

1. The first semivowel of the Devanagari script. Linguistically, it is considered the palatal approximant.

See also

Ligatures:

• द्य (dya): द + य
• ह्य (hya): ह + य

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jə/,

Letter

य • (ya)

1. the twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi

See also

• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ फ़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters)}

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə/

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Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-fifth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʌ/, /e/

Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-sixth consonant in Nepali.

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

य m

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“who (relative)”)

Declension

Pronoun

य n

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“which (relative)”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Usage notes

The case form यद् (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the halant and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.

Declension

Noun

य m

1. the Pali letter 'y'
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     को यस्स यथा-सको।

     Ko yassa yathā-sako.

     'K' from 'y' as in 'sako'.

Declension

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /jɐ/

Etymology 1

Letter

य • (ya)

1. the twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

य • (ya) stem, m

1. (prosody) bacchius
2. fame
3. carriage
4. light
5. an act of restraining
6. an act of joining

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0838.